Senior QA Engineer

Clera

San Francisco, CA

On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior QA engineers with strong Go and Kubernetes expertise who can own quality across multiple product experiences.

Best fit for

Candidates with deep experience in building end-to-end tests for web UIs and backend workflows
— “Strong Go skills, including backend test automation or integration testing, plus experience building end-to-end tests for web UIs.”
Individuals who have worked with AI agents and conversational workflows in production settings
— “Test conversational workflows end to end, including command accuracy and actions performed on real clusters.”
Candidates who can take ownership of quality across infrastructure and application layers
— “You will own product quality across conversational, web, and backend experiences.”

Things to consider

On-site presence in San Francisco is required despite the early-stage nature of the team
— “On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.”

How to stand out

Highlight your experience with Kubernetes testing tools and Go integration testing
— “Write Go integration tests for backend workflows, including cluster installation, upgrades, and failover.”
Emphasize your ability to build evaluations for AI agent behavior and answer quality
— “Build evaluations for AI agent behavior, checking answer quality, safe actions, and handling of ambiguous or invalid requests.”
Showcase your proficiency in creating tests that validate infrastructure across versions
— “Provision and tear down Kubernetes test clusters to validate controllers, operators, and CRDs across Kubernetes versions.”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

end-to-end testing
bug regression tests

Typical background

QA engineeringtest automation

Skills & requirements

Required

QATest AutomationGo Programming

Preferred

KubernetesLLM Testing

Stack & domain

GoKubernetesReactGrpcPrometheusAlertmanagerGrafanaLLMConversational Product TestingChaos EngineeringMulticluster ToolingPlaywright

About the role

Original posting from Clera via Ashby

ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early-stage team building an AI infrastructure platform for managing GPU fleets and Kubernetes clusters. As the first QA engineer, you will own product quality across conversational, web, and backend experiences, helping ensure that infrastructure changes are safe and reliable in production.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Test conversational workflows end to end, including command accuracy and actions performed on real clusters.
Build evaluations for AI agent behavior, checking answer quality, safe actions, and handling of ambiguous or invalid requests.
Create end-to-end tests for the web interface and verify consistent behavior across web and conversational experiences.
Write Go integration tests for backend workflows, including cluster installation, upgrades, and failover.
Provision and tear down Kubernetes test clusters to validate controllers, operators, and CRDs across Kubernetes versions.
Verify alerts reach the appropriate interfaces and channels, and gate releases through CI.
Turn bugs and production incidents into regression tests.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
At least 3 years of experience in QA, SDET, or test automation, with ownership of quality across a software product.
Strong Go skills, including backend test automation or integration testing, plus experience building end-to-end tests for web UIs.
Experience with Kubernetes, React, RPC systems such as gRPC, CI/CD, and Linux fundamentals.
Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana.
Experience with LLM or conversational product testing, Kubernetes testing tools, chaos engineering, multicluster tooling, or Playwright is valuable.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary: $180,000 to $200,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
LOCATION
On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.

Source: Clera careers (Ashby)