Want to know if this job is worth applying to?
Remote only
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.
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.
As a Security Engineer, you’ll work alongside a talented and collaborative team to help protect our delivery platform, infrastructure, and robotic systems. You’ll contribute to security architecture, tooling, and operational improvements while continuing to grow your technical skills in a highly supportive environment.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with IT, SRE and Software engineering teams to define and implement security best practices across Serve’s cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP).
Develop and support internal security risk assessment processes as part of Serve’s software and system lifecycle and third party vendor acquisitions.
Develop, maintain, and improve automation tools for secure configuration management and continuous monitoring (e.g., runtime security, image scanning, IAM policy enforcement).
Design and deploy infrastructure and application security controls to protect critical information systems.
Design and deploy endpoint security measures to protect IT managed devices.
Design and implement IT infrastructure hardening requirements for on-premise network infrastructure: firewalls, switches, and on-premise storage etc.
Research and monitor threats and vulnerabilities, perform impact assessments and drive remediation actions partnering with engineering teams.
Participate in the triage, investigation, and resolution of security incidents.
Participate in the Security team on-call rotation.
Qualifications
Required Experience, Qualifications, and Skills
3-5 years of hands-on experience in security engineering, DevSecOps, or infrastructure security roles.
Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS and/or GCP) and their security services.
Strong knowledge of Linux systems and core networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP).
Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
Experience with container security best practices and tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, etc.).
Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
What makes you stand out
Familiarity with secure authentication protocols (OAuth, SAML) and cryptographic key management.
Experience with vulnerability scanning and compliance tooling.
Exposure to security frameworks and standards (NIST, ISO27001, CIS Benchmarks).
Programming experience in languages like C, C++, or JavaScript.
Security certifications such as AWS Security Specialty, Google Cloud Security Professional, or CISSP.
A strong sense of ownership and accountability in your work.
The ability to work independently, ask questions, and drive projects forward.
Continuous learning and a genuine interest in security across domains.
Empathy, clear communication, and a collaborative mindset.
