UPLERS INC
UPLERS INC

Technical Lead - QA

Hybrid in San Jose, CA, US • Posted 49 minutes ago • Updated 49 minutes ago
Full Time
No Travel Required
Hybrid
$180,000 - $200,000/yr
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Skills

  • Automated Testing
  • Python
  • Docker
  • Linux
  • Kubernetes
  • Quality Assurance

Summary

Job Title: Technical Lead - QA (SDET) – Kubernetes Platform

We cannot consider s, visa holders, or candidates requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

About the Company

Our client is a well-funded, fast-growing cloud infrastructure company. Its Kubernetes-native platform helps enterprise and federal customers manage complex multi-cloud, data center, edge, and air-gapped environments at scale. They are expanding their core quality engineering team in San Jose, CA.

About the Role

This is a hands-on individual contributor role, not a people-management position. You will own test strategy, build automation frameworks from the ground up, and work directly with platform engineers on a technically demanding Kubernetes stack.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build automated test frameworks for a Kubernetes-native platform across cloud, data center, edge, and air-gapped deployments
  • Write and maintain end-to-end, integration, and performance tests against Kubernetes clusters, custom operators, CRDs, and multi-cluster environments
  • Validate AI inference workloads, including GPU-based model serving, latency SLAs, and deployment readiness gates
  • Own pre-release quality gates and partner with DevOps and platform engineering on CI/CD pipelines
  • Build observability into test infrastructure using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry
  • Drive non-functional testing: load, chaos, scalability, and compatibility

Required Qualifications

  • ship (mandatory)
  • 12+ years in software quality engineering or SDET roles
  • Deep hands-on Kubernetes expertise: cluster management, operators, CRDs, multi-cluster, and networking (CNI, service mesh, ingress)
  • Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes on AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure
  • Strong test automation engineering: framework design, CI/CD integration, release ownership
  • Proficiency in Python; Go experience or willingness to learn it (the team uses Godog for BDD)
  • Strong Linux skills and comfort with low-level debugging
  • Experience with production observability tooling

Nice to Have

  • CKA, CKAD, or CKS certification
  • Experience with AI inference serving (vLLM, Triton, KServe) or LLM/model validation
  • Background at a Kubernetes-native infrastructure vendor (VMware, Red Hat, Cisco, Arista, Rancher, or similar)
  • TestRail, Testmo, or Zephyr experience
  • Performance, load, and chaos testing background

Job Details

  • Location: San Jose, CA, on-site 3 days per week (hybrid)
  • Employment Type: Full-time, direct hire (W-2)
  • Compensation: $180,000 – $200,000 base salary plus equity
  • Start Date: Immediate joiners preferred
    • No sponsorship. No third-party or C2C.
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  • Posted 49 minutes ago
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Mohit Panjwani

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