Serve Robotics

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Serve Robotics is reimagining how things move in cities through their autonomous delivery robots. The Lead Front-End Software Engineer will drive the design and development of user-facing systems that power robot operations and fleet management tools, ensuring scalability and performance as the company expands its operations. Responsibilities • Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of frontend systems for Serve’s internal and external platforms. • Design, develop and maintain a suite of business-critical operations tools. • Develop critical features yourself and unblock other engineers through brainstorming, design review and code review. • Mentor/guide less senior team members and champion good design and engineering practices. • Establish and maintain best practices in UI engineering, including performance optimization, testing, and accessibility. • Collaborate closely with Operations, Product and Design teams to translate requirements into detailed specifications and to scope the work into deliverable sprints. • Work closely with engineers across Serve to integrate operations tools features with robotics, autonomy and other platform capabilities. • Drive adoption of modern frontend technologies and frameworks to ensure a robust and scalable ecosystem. • 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. • Contribute to system design discussions, roadmap planning, and cross-functional technical decisions. Skills • 10+ years as frontend or fullstack engineer, including 3+ years in a lead role. • Deep expertise in web technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript and modern JavaScript libraries and tooling (e.g. React, Redux, Vue) • Experience with UI CI/CD mechanisms and tooling related to deployment and caching (e.g Service Workers, CDN, etc) • Experience mentoring and guiding engineers in a collaborative environment. • Experience shipping production code with full instrumentation: deployment, logging, monitoring and documentation. • Strong experience building and deploying complex single-page web applications. • Proficiency in state management, RESTful and GraphQL APIs, and modern frontend build pipelines. • Familiarity with UX design principles and accessibility best practices. • Track record of designing and building a simple system that works and evolving it into a complex system that still works. • An ability to convert loosely defined problems into clear specifications and production code. • Great empathy for customer pain points and strong drive/ability to address them. • Great verbal and written communication skills. • Experience in near real-time, ultra low-latency applications • Experience building secure UI/UX (e.g., high security video streaming) • Experience with backend technologies, e.g., Elixir, Java, Scala, Node.js • SPA programming experience • Experience with data visualization libraries (e.g., Recharts, D3.js) and real-time systems. • Familiarity with robotics, IoT, or distributed systems. • Exposure to cloud environments (AWS, GCP) and CI/CD workflows. • A passion for sustainable technology and autonomous systems. Education Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Company Overview • Serve Robotics is an autonomous robotic delivery company that develops AI-powered sidewalk delivery robots. It was founded in 2021, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.serverobotics.com. Company H1B Sponsorship • Serve Robotics has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 4 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 5 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.