vCluster

QA Engineer

• Work across multiple parallel projects in a fast-moving, startup environment with shifting priorities.
• Own the test strategy for features and releases, ensuring risk-based coverage aligned to product goals.
• Explore and test complex systems end-to-end - the product, the Kubernetes cluster, and underlying components - to thoroughly validate behavior and reliability beyond the UI.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for backend and UI testing.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to influence features, advocate for testability, and align on quality standards.
• Conduct exploratory testing to identify usability issues, edge cases, and potential regressions not covered by automation.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.) to ensure high-confidence, fast feedback during development.
• Mentor peers and junior engineers on quality mindset and test automation best practices.

Senior Quality Engineer

Engineer

• Design and build new features for our open-source projects and for our commercial product.
• Contribute to our roadmap discussions and suggest features and changes.
• Take over responsibility for everything you are working on.
• Actively engage with our open-source users and customers.
• Dive deep into the inner workings of Kubernetes.
• Write Golang code that is easy-to-test, performant, and well-structured.
• Contribute to docs and tests for all projects you are working on.

Senior Cloud-Native Engineer

• Design and build new features for our open-source projects and for our commercial product
• Contribute to our roadmap discussions and suggest features and changes
• Take over responsibility for everything you are working on - from talking to a customer, taking on an issue, over planning the implementation, writing the code, adding the tests to actually shipping the feature as part of our release workflow
• Actively engage with our open-source users and customers. This usually involves a deep understanding of user challenges, uncovering root causes, suggesting bug fixes, driving enhancements, advising on best product configurations or inspiring new features.
• Dive really deep into the inner workings of Kubernetes (controllers, CRDs, extension API servers, etc.) and work with some of the best Kubernetes engineers around
• Write Golang code that is easy-to-test, performant, bug-free (no worries, we know that that's an illusion), and well-structured
• Contribute to docs and tests for all projects you are working on to ensure we ship high-quality code and easy to use features for our enterprise customers and open-source community users

Account Manager

• Lead Strategic Partnerships: Identify, initiate, and manage partnerships with data center infrastructure vendors (GPUs, hardware, networking, storage), cloud providers, Kubernetes-focused startups, and major CNCF projects to drive product adoption and ecosystem growth.
• Build Joint Value Propositions: Co-design technical integrations, reference architectures, solution bundles, or go-to-market campaigns that demonstrate vCluster's value in real-world use cases.
• Own Relationship Development: From first outreach to signed OEM agreements, including long-term growth of the relationship and everything that contributes to mutual success—marketing, sales, engineering, and executive touchpoints.
• Drive Awareness Through Collaboration: Collaborate with partners on blog posts, webinars, case studies, conference talks, and joint events to showcase what we’re doing together.
• Work Cross-Functionally: Partner with Product to explore technical integrations, with Marketing to amplify joint efforts, and with Sales to unlock channel or co-selling opportunities.
• Stay Close to the Ecosystem: You’ll be deeply plugged into what’s happening in the Kubernetes/CNCF/Infrastructure space, always looking for the next breakout tool, emerging trend, or commercial synergy.

Head of Partnerships

Product Marketing

• Messaging & Positioning – Develop crisp, compelling messaging and positioning that clearly articulates the value of our products to platform engineers, DevOps teams, and cloud architects.
• Content Creation – Own and produce core product marketing content, including whitepapers, case studies, website copy, pitch decks, and videos to drive awareness and engagement.
• Sales Enablement – Build and scale a comprehensive sales collateral library, including battlecards, competitor comparisons, objection-handling guides, and customer stories, to support our growing GTM team.
• Launch & GTM Strategy – Lead product release launches, executing LoftLabs’ product launch framework, setting success metrics, and ensuring marketing alignment across multiple channels.
• Customer & Market Insights – Conduct market research and ICP analysis, translating insights into high-impact marketing initiatives that drive product awareness and adoption.
• Competitive Intelligence – Monitor the market landscape, competitor positioning, and industry trends to craft differentiation strategies and enable sales teams.
• Community & Advocacy – Work closely with Customer Success and Community teams to amplify user success stories, community engagement, and customer advocacy.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Establish strong feedback loops with product, demand generation, sales, and customer success teams to ensure messaging and strategies align with business objectives.

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Product Manager

• Own the Product End-to-End: You’re responsible for the full product lifecycle—from triaging ideas, writing specs and prioritizing the roadmap to final release sign-off after QA.
• Talk to Users & Observe Support/Slack Interactions: You’ll regularly connect with platform engineers, DevOps teams, and developers using our open-source and commercial offerings to deeply understand use cases and user journeys to understand current challenges and future opportunities.
• Dig into the Details: You don’t just define the “what”—you get into the “how.” You obsess over usability, edge cases, performance, configuration specs, CLI commands, CRDs/YAML, and docs.
• Collaboration Across Functions: Work closely with engineering, design, marketing and sales to publish release notes, iterate over documentation, improve customer onboarding, and create other customer-facing assets.
• Set Direction, Fast: This isn’t a role for a committee. You’ll synthesize feedback, weigh tradeoffs, make hard calls quickly, and move fast to get things shipped and adopted.
• Course-Correct Quickly As Needed: You know that with new information and changes in the ecosystem and technology, startups need to adapt quickly and you're not afraid to revise a decision and lay out why a change in direction is necessary. Everyone talking to you understands your direction at all times and gets excited about working toward a common goal.
• Drive Open Source and Commercial Success: Help define the balance between open-core features and paid product functionality, working with the founders and GTM leadership to drive maximum OSS traction without sacrificing the commercial success of the company.

Head of Product

Human Resources

• Be the first HR person at the company handling recruiting and HR topics hands-on.
• Own and manage the full-cycle recruiting process across roles and departments (sourcing, conducting & organizing interviews, offer discussion, onboarding).
• Source candidates actively through LinkedIn, referrals, etc.
• Review applications and manage the interview process in the ATS, ensuring a positive candidate experience.
• Conducting initial screening interviews with applicants, making sure they meet our requirements, and match our company culture.
• Manage and continuously improve the onboarding process for new hires.
• Oversee and structure internal people management processes (performance reviews, employee surveys, benefits management, time-off management).
• Act as a key point of contact for all HR inquiries.
• Define and standardize HR policies, internal documentation, and workflows.
• Build out the HR department and define the HR strategy.

Head of HR

• Design and build new features for our open-source projects and for our commercial product
• Contribute to our roadmap discussions and suggest features and changes, along and for our amazing OS community
• Take over responsibility for everything you are working on - from talking to a customer, taking on an issue, over planning the implementation, writing the code, adding the tests to actually shipping the feature as part of our release workflow
• Actively engage with our open-source users and customers. This usually involves a deep understanding of user challenges, uncovering root causes, suggesting bug fixes, driving enhancements, advising on best product configurations or inspiring new features.
• Dive really deep into the inner workings of Kubernetes (controllers, CRDs, extension API servers, etc.) and work with some of the best Kubernetes engineers around
• Write Golang code that is easy-to-test, performant, bug-free (no worries, we know that that's an illusion), and well-structured
• Contribute to docs and tests for all projects you are working on to ensure we ship high-quality code and easy to use features for our enterprise customers and open-source community users

SDET

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for backend and UI testing.
• Own and drive test strategy across features or product area, ensuring thorough coverage and alignment with product goals.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to influence features, advocate for testability, and align on quality standards.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.) to ensure high-confidence, fast feedback during development.
• Mentor peers and junior engineers on quality mindset and test automation best practices.
• Conduct exploratory testing to identify usability issues, edge cases, and potential regressions not covered by automation.
• Work across multiple parallel projects in a fast-moving, startup environment with shifting priorities.

Senior Software Development Engineer – Test

Technical Project Manager

• Project Leadership: Manage and lead projects, ensuring timely delivery, quality, and alignment with business objectives.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with engineers, architects, product managers, and business stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
• Technical Planning & Execution: Develop detailed project plans, manage resources, and execute tasks to deliver solutions.
• Risk Management: Proactively identify project risks, issues, and dependencies. Implement mitigation strategies and ensure that teams remain on track to meet deadlines.
• Collaboration & Communication: Facilitate clear communication among team members and stakeholders, ensuring that all parties are informed of progress, roadblocks, and key milestones.
• Continuous Improvement: Promote a culture of continuous improvement in the development and deployment process, leveraging feedback and retrospectives to refine and optimize workflows.