Senior QA Engineer

vCluster Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

About vCluster Labs

We are a venture-backed tech startup striving to be the leading force in enabling platform engineers. We raised +$30M from top-tier VCs such as Khosla Ventures (first investor in OpenAI, GitLab, Stripe, Doordash) and are in a hyper-growth phase looking for motivated people to complement our team. Our headquarters are in San Francisco (Salesforce Tower), but our team is distributed around the globe and we have a remote-first work culture .

We're the company behind vCluster, an open-source technology for virtualizing Kubernetes (+10k GitHub stars). Open source is part of our DNA.

The adoption of our commercial product based on vCluster has grown extremely fast (multi-million dollar revenue) and our customer base includes some of the biggest companies in the world, including 6 Global Fortune 500 companies as well as some of the fastest-growing tech unicorns.

Senior QA Engineer

As vCluster Labs’ Senior QA Engineer, you will bridge the gap between rapid feature development and enterprise-grade reliability, owning the quality strategy for our core Kubernetes virtualization technology. You will act as the gatekeeper of quality, starting with a hands‑on, deep‑dive approach to manual testing to establish the baseline before architecting our future automated frameworks.

As a Senior QA Engineer, your role will include :

• Manual Validation & Strategy (80% Focus) : Initially focus heavily on manual testing to gain a deep understanding of our product architecture. You will conduct exploratory testing to identify usability issues, edge cases, and regressions not yet covered by automation.
• Backend Testing Expertise : Drive the testing strategy for our backend systems. You will dive deep into API interactions, database states, and Kubernetes resource management to ensure stability in complex distributed environments.
• Path to Automation : Design and develop the roadmap for transitioning manual workflows into automated test frameworks (using Go or Python) for backend and UI testing.
• CI / CD Integration : Eventually integrate automated tests into our pipelines (GitHub Actions, etc.) to ensure high‑confidence, fast feedback loops for our engineering team.
• Cross-Functional Advocacy : Collaborate closely with Engineering and Product teams to influence features early, advocate for testability, and align on quality standards before code is even written.

This role could be a fit for you if you bring :

Bonus points for :

Benefits

We offer the following benefits :

Why join a startup like vCluster Labs?

Since we are a fast‑moving startup, you will not be number 14,589 in our company but rather become an essential part of our team right from the start.

Culture & Values

vCluster Labs provides equal opportunities for all candidates. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for everyone who becomes part of our team. We are also actively promoting measures to reduce bias throughout our hiring process to ensure that everyone gets the same opportunities.

Compensation Range : CA$100K - CA$145K

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