At Serve Robotics, we’re reimagining how things move in cities. Our personable sidewalk robot is our vision for the future. It’s designed to take deliveries away from congested streets, make deliveries available to more people, and benefit local businesses. The Serve fleet has been delighting merchants, customers, and pedestrians along the way in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago while doing commercial deliveries. We’re looking for talented individuals who will grow robotic deliveries from surprising novelty to efficient ubiquity.<h3>Who We Are</h3>We are tech industry veterans in software, hardware, and design who are pooling our skills to build the future we want to live in. We are solving real-world problems leveraging robotics, machine learning and computer vision, among other disciplines, with a mindful eye towards the end-to-end user experience. Our team is agile, diverse, and driven. We believe that the best way to solve complicated dynamic problems is collaboratively and respectfully.Serve Robotics is transforming last-mile delivery with autonomous robots that operate at scale. We are seeking a Lead Frontend Software Engineer to drive the design and development of the user-facing systems that power our robot operations, fleet management tools, and customer interfaces. You will lead frontend architecture and implementation across Serve’s core web applications, ensuring scalability, usability, and performance as we expand our autonomous delivery operations.<h1></h1><h2>Responsibilities </h2><ul style=""><li>Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of frontend systems for Serve’s internal and external platforms.</li><li>Design, develop and maintain a suite of business-critical operations tools.</li><li>Develop critical features yourself and unblock other engineers through brainstorming, design review and code review.</li><li>Mentor/guide less senior team members and champion good design and engineering practices.</li><li>Establish and maintain best practices in UI engineering, including performance optimization, testing, and accessibility.</li><li>Collaborate closely with Operations, Product and Design teams to translate requirements into detailed specifications and to scope the work into deliverable sprints.</li><li>Work closely with engineers across Serve to integrate operations tools features with robotics, autonomy and other platform capabilities.</li><li>Drive adoption of modern frontend technologies and frameworks to ensure a robust and scalable ecosystem.</li><li>Manage engineering work on the critical path and coordinate with cross-functional teams (e.g. design, product, operations, QA) to ensure a smooth dev/release cycle.</li><li>Contribute to system design discussions, roadmap planning, and cross-functional technical decisions.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications </h2><ul style=""><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.</li><li>10+ years as frontend or fullstack engineer, including 3+ years in a lead role.</li><li>Deep expertise inweb technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript and modern JavaScript libraries and tooling (e.g. React, Redux, Vue)</li><li>Experience with UI CI/CD mechanisms and tooling related to deployment and caching (e.g Service Workers, CDN, etc)</li><li>Experience mentoring and guiding engineers in a collaborative environment.</li><li>Experience shipping production code with full instrumentation: deployment, logging, monitoring and documentation.</li><li>Strong experience building and deploying complex single-page web applications.</li><li>Proficiency in state management, RESTful and GraphQL APIs, and modern frontend build pipelines.</li><li>Familiarity with UX design principles and accessibility best practices.</li><li>Track record of designing and building a simple system that works and evolving it into a complex system that still works.</li><li>An ability to convert loosely defined problems into clear specifications and production code.</li><li>Great empathy for customer pain points and strong drive/ability to address them.</li><li>Great verbal and written communication skills.</li></ul><h2>What Makes You Stand Out </h2><ul style=""><li>Experience in near real-time, ultra low-latency applications</li><li>Experience building secure UI/UX (e.g., high security video streaming)</li><li>Experience with backend technologies, e.g., Elixir, Java, Scala, Node.js</li><li>SPA programming experience</li><li>Experience with data visualization libraries (e.g., Recharts, D3.js) and real-time systems.</li><li>Familiarity with robotics, IoT, or distributed systems.</li><li>Exposure to cloud environments (AWS, GCP) and CI/CD workflows.</li><li>A passion for sustainable technology and autonomous systems.</li></ul>

Why deliver a 2-pound burrito in a 2-ton car? Serve is the future of sustainable, self-driving delivery. Our zero-emissions robots are designed to serve people in public spaces, starting with food delivery. We partner with platforms and merchants to help local businesses reach more customers.

Lead Front-End Software Engineer

At Serve Robotics, we’re reimagining how things move in cities. Our personable sidewalk robot is our vision for the future. It’s designed to take deliveries away from congested streets, make deliveries available to more people, and benefit local businesses. The Serve fleet has been delighting merchants, customers, and pedestrians along the way in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago while doing commercial deliveries. We’re looking for talented individuals who will grow robotic deliveries from surprising novelty to efficient ubiquity.<h3>Who We Are</h3>We are tech industry veterans in software, hardware, and design who are pooling our skills to build the future we want to live in. We are solving real-world problems leveraging robotics, machine learning and computer vision, among other disciplines, with a mindful eye towards the end-to-end user experience. Our team is agile, diverse, and driven. We believe that the best way to solve complicated dynamic problems is collaboratively and respectfully.Serve Robotics is transforming last-mile delivery with autonomous robots that operate at scale. We are seeking a Lead Frontend Software Engineer to drive the design and development of the user-facing systems that power our robot operations, fleet management tools, and customer interfaces. You will lead frontend architecture and implementation across Serve’s core web applications, ensuring scalability, usability, and performance as we expand our autonomous delivery operations.<h1></h1><h2>Responsibilities </h2><ul><li>Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of frontend systems for Serve’s internal and external platforms.</li><li>Design, develop and maintain a suite of business-critical operations tools.</li><li>Develop critical features yourself and unblock other engineers through brainstorming, design review and code review.</li><li>Mentor/guide less senior team members and champion good design and engineering practices.</li><li>Establish and maintain best practices in UI engineering, including performance optimization, testing, and accessibility.</li><li>Collaborate closely with Operations, Product and Design teams to translate requirements into detailed specifications and to scope the work into deliverable sprints.</li><li>Work closely with engineers across Serve to integrate operations tools features with robotics, autonomy and other platform capabilities.</li><li>Drive adoption of modern frontend technologies and frameworks to ensure a robust and scalable ecosystem.</li><li>Manage engineering work on the critical path and coordinate with cross-functional teams (e.g. design, product, operations, QA) to ensure a smooth dev/release cycle.</li><li>Contribute to system design discussions, roadmap planning, and cross-functional technical decisions.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications </h2><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.</li><li>10+ years as frontend or fullstack engineer, including 3+ years in a lead role.</li><li>Deep expertise inweb technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript and modern JavaScript libraries and tooling (e.g. React, Redux, Vue)</li><li>Experience with UI CI/CD mechanisms and tooling related to deployment and caching (e.g Service Workers, CDN, etc)</li><li>Experience mentoring and guiding engineers in a collaborative environment.</li><li>Experience shipping production code with full instrumentation: deployment, logging, monitoring and documentation.</li><li>Strong experience building and deploying complex single-page web applications.</li><li>Proficiency in state management, RESTful and GraphQL APIs, and modern frontend build pipelines.</li><li>Familiarity with UX design principles and accessibility best practices.</li><li>Track record of designing and building a simple system that works and evolving it into a complex system that still works.</li><li>An ability to convert loosely defined problems into clear specifications and production code.</li><li>Great empathy for customer pain points and strong drive/ability to address them.</li><li>Great verbal and written communication skills.</li></ul><h2>What Makes You Stand Out </h2><ul><li>Experience in near real-time, ultra low-latency applications</li><li>Experience building secure UI/UX (e.g., high security video streaming)</li><li>Experience with backend technologies, e.g., Elixir, Java, Scala, Node.js</li><li>SPA programming experience</li><li>Experience with data visualization libraries (e.g., Recharts, D3.js) and real-time systems.</li><li>Familiarity with robotics, IoT, or distributed systems.</li><li>Exposure to cloud environments (AWS, GCP) and CI/CD workflows.</li><li>A passion for sustainable technology and autonomous systems.</li></ul>

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