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 are 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 and AI clouds (neoclouds).
Responsibilities
- Rapid Prototyping & Innovation: Act as a specialized engineer who identifies interesting product opportunities, researches solutions, and quickly builds prototypes to validate if they work. Report back on feasibility and guide the technical direction based on your findings.
- Strategic Technical Leadership: Take ownership of responsibilities beyond coding, including managing complex technical projects, writing technical abstracts, and helping the wider engineering team navigate difficult challenges.
- Direct Collaboration with Leadership: Work directly with the CTO and operate outside the traditional engineering organization boundaries to solve high-level problems and ideate on new product capabilities.
- System Mastery & Evolution: Develop a deep understanding of our existing system while maintaining the agility to learn new things quickly. Integrate new technologies into our stack efficiently.
- Customer & External Engagement: Engage with users to understand their deep technical needs and translate those into engineering solutions.
Requirements
- Deep Kubernetes & Go Expertise: 3+ years of deep technical experience with Kubernetes and Go. Comfortable diving into the internals of cloud-native infrastructure.
- High Autonomy: Self-starter who can work independently, figure out complex issues without hand-holding, and thrive in an environment with trust and ownership.
- Beyond the Code: Experience that extends beyond just writing software, including product development, project management, and technical communication.
- Rapid Learning Agility: Quick to prototype and even quicker to learn. Enjoy the challenge of picking up new tools, languages, or architectural concepts on the fly to solve immediate problems.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary: Attractive compensation package, including equity.
- Platinum-Level Insurance: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance for you and eligible dependents.
- Flexible Working Schedule: Results-oriented approach, not focused on fixed hours.
- Workplace Flexibility: Ability to adjust the work environment according to your needs.