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.
Who We AreWe 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.
The QA Engineer III (API) owns the quality testing of internally-developed delivery platforms and fleetware systems. This role is responsible for ensuring high-quality weekly releases, various testing initiatives related to cloud infrastructure, API test automation, security engineering, regulatory response, third party integration testing and incident response capabilities feature testing. This position participates in research, development, demos and new product initiatives testing that align with company goals and will be required to collaborate across many teams.
Responsibilities
Identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities in APIs
Identify, document, and track software defects and issues
Extending Test Framework for API's and Front end/Backend testing
Perform functional, regression, integration, and performance testing
Participate in code reviews and provide feedback on testability and quality
Assist in the continuous improvement of QA processes and methodologies
Analyze test results and provide detailed reports on software quality and performance
Design, develop, and execute test plans for autonomous vehicle software and systems
Contribute to the development and maintenance of automated test scripts and frameworks
Take part in our continuous improvement quest to make our robots more autonomous and safe every day
Present test artifacts and test reports to a wide range of audience for release readiness to Staging environments
Collaborate with development and engineering teams to understand system requirements and functionality
Develop and maintain automated test scripts for API testing using tools like Postman, Swagger or Karate automation framework
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
3+ years of experience in Software testing or Quality Assurance
Proficient in API testing, automation with basic programming skills like scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript) for test automation
Strong understanding of API testing principles, methodologies, and tools
Comfortable working in high ambiguity situations and balancing multiple changing priorities in a fast paced environment
Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git)
Knowledge of HTTP methods, status codes, headers, and body formats
Safety first mindset
Troubleshoot complex technical issues and work closely with engineering teams to resolve them
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for audiences ranging from technicians to senior executives
Experience with issue tracking, configuration management tools, workflows and practices such as JIRA
Experience making data driven decisions
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
What Makes You Stand Out
Experience with test automation tools is a plus
Knowledge in REST API Testing and exposure to tools like Postman, or Swagger
Experience in one or more of the following industries: automotive,robotics, logistics
Experience in data analysis of test results including probability and statistical analysis techniques
*Please note: The listed base salary range applies to candidates based in the US. Compensation may vary depending on location, experience, and role alignment. We are open to qualified candidates working remotely in Canada
Canada - ALL: $72,000 CAD- $86,000 CAD
Serve Robotics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is positioned as a meaningful part of total compensation through company equity incentive plans and active stock‑based awards. Filings and investor materials indicate broad use of options/RSUs consistent with growth‑stage tech compensation.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is provided alongside life and AD&D plus short‑ and long‑term disability insurance. Flexible spending accounts are also available to support healthcare needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation and paid holidays are included as standard components of the package. Disclosures reference flexible or paid time off frameworks that can vary by department.
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What We Do
Serve Robotics (NASDAQ:SERV) develops advanced, AI-powered, low-emissions sidewalk delivery robots that endeavor to make delivery sustainable and economical. Spun off from Uber in 2021 as an independent company, Serve has completed tens of thousands of deliveries for enterprise partners such as Uber Eats and 7-Eleven. The company has scalable multi-year contracts, including a signed agreement to deploy up to 2,000 delivery robots on the Uber Eats platform across multiple U.S. markets.
