vCluster
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+15 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
Fusion Fund
Momentum
33/100
hiring for its size, a new city
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Oct 8, 2025
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How vCluster hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Median time to fill
54 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
vCluster scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 5 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 54 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
vCluster, formerly Loft Labs, builds virtual Kubernetes clusters that give each team or tenant an isolated control plane running inside a shared physical cluster. The approach cuts the cost and operational overhead of running many real clusters while keeping namespaces, custom resources and even Kubernetes versions properly separated between workloads that would otherwise collide. Platform teams use it for development environments, multi-tenant products and AI infrastructure where isolation would otherwise mean duplicating everything.
News
Are Separate Kubernetes Clusters Secure? Why Sprawl Increases Risk
Discover why separate Kubernetes clusters aren't always more secure. Learn how cluster sprawl multiplies vulnerabilities and why "Intentional Tenancy" with vCluster is the key to scalable security.
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vCluster Free: Enterprise Kubernetes Features at No Cost
vCluster Free gives you access to advanced Kubernetes multi-tenancy features with no time limits, no credit card, and no sales pressure.
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CNCF Highlights How vCluster Eases Kubernetes Multi-Tenancy Challenges
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) published a blog post discussing how vCluster, an open-source project by Loft Labs, addresses key multi-tenancy obstacles in Kubernetes clusters by enablin
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vCluster Standalone v0.29 - New Foundation for Kubernetes Multi-Tenancy
Discover vCluster Standalone v0.29: Kubernetes without external hosts. Simplify operations, boost isolation, and solve the
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Comparing Multi-tenancy Options in Kubernetes
TL;DR: In this article, you will learn how to evaluate isolation, ease of management and costs for multi-tenant setups in Kubernetes. When planning your infrastructure, one of the fundamental questions is: how many Kubernetes clusters should you have? One
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vCluster Adds Auto Nodes to Bring Karpenter-Based Dynamic Autoscaling to Variety of Environments
vCluster Labs (formerly LoftLabs), the company pioneering Kubernetes virtualization, is introducing the latest capability for vCluster, Auto Nodes-enabling node autoscaling for virtual clusters across any environment, including public cloud, private cloud
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vCluster Auto Nodes: Dynamic Kubernetes Autoscaling
Discover vCluster Auto Nodes-Karpenter-based autoscaling that works across clouds, on-prem, and bare metal. Scale Kubernetes securely and efficiently.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at vCluster over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
37
Postings analysed
35
Stack modernity
77/100AI adopter
Languages
Go14%
Python14%
JavaScript3%
Frameworks & libraries
Ray100%
CUDA11%
SGLang3%
TensorRT-LLM3%
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes100%
GitHub100%
GitLab100%
OpenAI100%
AI & ML
LLM14%
ChatGPT6%
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Full vCluster tech stack
37 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$178k
Typical range
$118k – $440k
Open positions
18
13
Jobs
Senior
84.6%
Architect
15.4%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 11 | $250k | $118k – $330k |
| Architect | 2 | $302k | $163k – $440k |
Highest paying role
Regional Sales Director, West
$440k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at vCluster
By role, level and city, against the market · 18 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
73/100
Growing
Open positions
25
4 opened / 9 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
36 days
faster than 36% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
30% ▲
Customer Success
15% ▲
Backend
11% ▲
Product
11% ▼
DevOps
7% ▲
AI/ML
4% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+7 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added CVE to stack
Sep 2026
Added React.js to stack
Sep 2026
Added JavaScript to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linear to stack
Sep 2026
Added kubectl to stack
Sep 2026
Added Jira to stack
Sep 2026
Added Docusaurus to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Los Angeles
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added Zoom to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Chicago
Sep 2026
New location: San Francisco
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
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Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
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3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% remote $360k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Leadership
415 Mission Street, Salesforce Tower, Floor 37, San Francisco, CA 94105
Jobs
≈ $148k – $248k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States, Canada) • Full-Time
Go
ChatGPT
Ray
OpenAI
DevOps
SLURM
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
Management
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≈ $176k – $292k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States, Canada) • Full-Time
Go
ChatGPT
Ray
OpenAI
DevOps
SLURM
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
Management
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$101k – $118k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp
Python
CUDA Toolkit
LLM
Ray
CUDA
OpenAI
InfiniBand
DevOps
SLURM
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
Management
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$121k – $137k per year • Remote (United States, Singapore) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Singapore
Python
CUDA Toolkit
LLM
Ray
CUDA
OpenAI
InfiniBand
DevOps
SLURM
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
Management
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≈ $140k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States, Canada) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp
LLM
Ray
OpenAI
DevOps
SLURM
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
Management
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$225k – $280k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Master's Degree • San Francisco
Ray
OpenAI
DevOps
SLURM
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
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$140k – $180k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time
Ray
OpenAI
DevOps
SLURM
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
Management
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≈ $171k – $289k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States, Germany) • Full-Time
Ray
OpenAI
DevOps
containerd
SLURM
Docker
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
Linux
Management
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$84k – $162k per year • Remote (Germany) • Full-Time • 3+ years exp
Ray
OpenAI
DevOps
SLURM
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
GitHub
GitLab
Management
Zoom
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≈ $127k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp
Python
CUDA Toolkit
LLM
Ray
CUDA
OpenAI
InfiniBand
DevOps
SLURM
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
Management
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$147k – $195k per year • Remote (United States, United Arab Emirates) • Full-Time • 6+ years exp
Ray
OpenAI
Human-in-the-Loop
DevOps
SLURM
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
Management
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