Senior Security 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 while doing commercial deliveries. We’re looking for talented individuals who will grow robotic deliveries from surprising novelty to efficient ubiquity.

Who We Are

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 Senior Security Engineer, you’ll work alongside a talented and collaborative team to help protect our 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 senior engineers to define and implement security best practices across Serve’s cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP).

• Support threat modeling, risk assessments, and architecture reviews for key components of our platform.

• Develop, maintain, and improve automation tools for secure configuration management and continuous monitoring (e.g., image scanning, IAM policy enforcement).

• Assist in implementing runtime security measures for our containerized workloads (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Design and deploy endpoint and application security controls to protect managed devices and ensure compliance across the organization.

• Participate in the triage, investigation, and resolution of security incidents.

• Contribute to internal documentation and raise security awareness across engineering teams through reviews and knowledge sharing.

• Participate in the Security team on-call rotation.

Qualifications

• 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 standout

• 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.