QA Engineer

Clera

• $110K — $130K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in QA, SDET, or test automation roles
  • Proficiency in Go for integration tests
  • Strong knowledge of Kubernetes for testing live clusters
  • Solid understanding of Linux and CI/CD platforms like GitHub Actions
  • Experience in building end-to-end tests for web UIs, preferably with Playwright
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana
  • Exposure to multicluster tooling or infrastructure-as-code practices

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute comprehensive tests for conversation flows and cluster operations
  • Build frameworks to evaluate agent behavior and handle ambiguous requests
  • Write integration tests for multicluster backend operations
  • Manage Kubernetes test clusters, validating functions across multiple versions
  • Ensure alerting systems correctly fire and route notifications
  • Gate releases in CI/CD processes, converting bugs into regression tests

Benefits

  • Early-stage role with significant impact on quality practices
  • Opportunity to shape testing processes from the ground up
  • Hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI infrastructure
  • Collaborative environment in San Francisco
  • Potential for career growth in a fast-paced startup
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is a foundational, first-hire QA role at an early-stage AI infrastructure company building a GPU fleet management platform that operates across a web UI, Slack, and an AI-native interface. You will own quality end-to-end, from agent behavior and conversational accuracy to real Kubernetes cluster operations, and you will shape how quality is practiced from day one.
What You'll Do
  • Design and execute end-to-end tests for conversation flows, command accuracy, and real cluster operations across Slack and the web UI.
  • Build evaluation frameworks for agent behavior, validating correct answers, safe actions, and graceful handling of ambiguous or malformed requests.
  • Write integration tests in Go covering multicluster backend operations including install, upgrade, and failover scenarios.
  • Spin up and tear down Kubernetes test clusters on demand, validating controllers, operators, and CRDs across multiple Kubernetes versions.
  • Verify alerting systems fire correctly, route to Slack and the UI, and only trigger when appropriate.
  • Gate releases in CI/CD pipelines and convert bugs and incidents into regression tests.
What We're Looking For
  • 3+ years of experience in QA, SDET, or test automation roles building or delivering test suites and automation frameworks.
  • Proficiency in Go, with hands-on experience writing integration tests against real infrastructure.
  • Strong Kubernetes knowledge, including testing controllers, operators, and CRDs against live clusters.
  • Solid Linux fundamentals and experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions or similar.
  • Experience building end-to-end tests for web UIs, ideally using frameworks like Playwright.
  • Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana.
  • Exposure to multicluster tooling, GitOps workflows, or infrastructure-as-code practices.
  • Background testing LLM-powered or conversational products, including building evals, is a strong plus.
  • Experience with chaos engineering tools and Kubernetes testing frameworks is a plus.
  • Prior experience as a first QA hire at an early-stage company is a plus.
Location

On-site in San Francisco, CA. Visa sponsorship is not available.

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