Clueso is building a new class of AI-native creation tools used by teams to turn raw screen recordings into polished product videos and step-by-step documentation. Over 100,000 videos have been created on Clueso. We're SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, and we ship fast.
We're hiring a Founding SDET, our first dedicated quality hire to make shipping fast and shipping confidently the same thing.
This is automation-first and code-heavy. You'll write the safety net yourself: E2E test suites, API and integration coverage, CI gates, flake hunting. You'll also own the QA function strategically deciding what stays in-house, what we hand to an agency, and what we hire for next as the team grows.
The release safety net
Build out E2E coverage for the workflows that matter most: recording, editing, AI generation, translations, exports.
Stand up CI test gates that catch real regressions before they ship.
Hunt and kill flake. A flaky test is worse than no test. You set the bar.
Wire in API and integration suites alongside the UI ones; pick the right level for each check.
Pre-release acceptance
Drive structured release passes across the realistic product surface recorder, editor, avatars, lipsync, exports across browsers and the device matrix our customers use.
Build the regression checklist that turns into automation over time. Manual where automation isn't worth it yet.
The bug loop
The QA function itself
You're our first dedicated quality hire. You set the strategy.
Decide what to in-source vs hand to an agency; own those relationships if we go that route.
Recommend when and what to hire next.
Shape the boundary with engineering: today you own everything test-related; over time we'll figure out collaboratively what unit tests should sit with the engineers writing the code.
Want to build a function from zero, not maintain one someone else built.
Get a kick out of writing test code Playwright, Cypress, Pytest, Jest, whatever — and not just running tests written by someone else.
Care about making releases boring. Boring is good.
Have opinions about flake, fixtures, isolation, and CI cycle time, and want to put them into practice without asking permission.
Want to make the call on what to outsource and what to hire for, instead of waiting for someone else to.
You write test code in production codebases. Modern E2E framework experience (Playwright preferred; Cypress / Selenium / Puppeteer count).
Strong API testing chops REST, ideally with some contract or schema-driven testing too.
Comfort inside CI/CD pipelines GitHub Actions or similar including parallelization, sharding, and flake quarantine.
A track record of cutting flake and bringing test cycles down. Specific stories beat generic claims.
Sharp triage instincts. You can read a vague bug report and arrive at a minimal repro fast.
Comfortable making scope and tooling calls without a manager to defer to.
We don't care where you learned this startup, agency, big tech, self-taught. We care that you've shipped real test infrastructure that other engineers actually relied on.
Experience testing video, audio, or media products ffmpeg-driven assertions, frame/audio integrity checks, perceptual hashing, A/V sync verification.
Visual regression tooling (Applitools, Percy, or hand-rolled SSIM workflows).
Experience testing browser-based recording flows MediaRecorder, getUserMedia, screen-capture permissions, cross-browser quirks.
Performance / load testing experience (k6, Locust).
BrowserStack / LambdaTest experience and a sense of when to skip them.
You've previously been a first or early quality hire somewhere.
You're founding the function, not joining one. The strategy is yours.
Real surfaces to test: a Chrome-based recorder, a rich editor, an AI generation pipeline, translation across 35+ languages, a multi-format export pipeline. Plenty of moving parts.
Direct collaboration with engineering, product, and founders. Decisions move fast.
The work compounds. The first regression suite, the first CI gate, the first agency relationship those outlive you.
Loved product, proven traction: #1 Product of the Month on Product Hunt, 4.9 rating on G2, and fast-growing adoption across product, marketing, and L&D teams.
Hard, meaningful problems: rich editors, AI-native UX, and systems that need to scale cleanly — not CRUD work.
Real ownership: you'll own a core product area with direct founder collaboration.
Tight-knit, top-tier team: small, highly driven team backed by YC.
Catered meals: lunch and dinner (except Sundays) provided every day.
Epic offsites: our last offsite was in Vietnam and most of us ranked it the best trip of our lives.
