QA Engineer II (Cloud Logistics)

Nimble Robotics•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Nimble is an AI robotics company building the autonomous supply chain to power fast, efficient and economical commerce. We’re training robot AGI to power a proprietary generalist supply chain superhumanoid, the first robot in the world capable of performing thousands of tasks across the supply chain. We’ve raised over $220M at over $1B valuation and formed a strategic alliance with FedEx to build a national network of autonomous warehouses capable of generating many billions in annual revenue. We are a hardcore and obsessed team of the world’s best engineers and operators. If you are obsessed with your craft, enjoy a high-intensity and fast moving high impact environment, are super high agency in getting hard things done and want to be part of building the world’s most legendary robotics company at the most pivotal moment in history, we want to work with you. We are on a mission to empower and inspire mankind to accomplish legendary feats by inventing robots that liberate us from the menial. We will accomplish this by training robot AGI to invent and build the Autonomous Supply Chain – everything from the inside of factories and warehouses to your front door – powered by generalist superhumanoids. Our founding team comes from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon and our board of directors include famed robotics and AI legends including Fei-Fei Li (Chief Scientist of AI at Google and Director of Stanford’s AI Lab), Marc Raibert (founder of Boston Dynamics), and Sebastian Thrun (founder of GoogleX, Waymo; Stanford Professor and considered the father of autonomous vehicles). Let’s be legendary. Link: Nimble Closes $106 Million Series C Funding Round, Scales Fully Autonomous Fulfillment with FedEx Link: FedEx Announces Expansion of FedEx Fulfillment With Nimble Alliance Why Join Nimble? At Nimble, we are committed to building legendary products, a legendary team, and a legendary legacy. Join us and become part of an ambitious, humble, and resourceful culture where your work will leave a lasting impact on the future of robotics and commerce. Nimble's Core Values: Be relentlessly resourceful - Challenge conventions and overcome obstacles. Be legendary - Be the very best and do work that inspires. Be humble - Prioritize growth, learning, and doing whatever is needed to further the mission. Be dependable - Take ownership and deliver with high agency. The Role As a QA Engineer, you will be a hands-on tester at the heart of keeping the quality bar high for Nimble’s cloud logistics products. Working closely with our world-class cross-functional team, you will execute and author test cases, hunt down defects, and help ship the software that powers the world’s most advanced robotic fulfillment system. Nimble Cloud Logistics is a 30-person team that is core to delivering effective solutions to Nimble’s customers. On occasion, the team is expected to work extended hours, including weekends, to launch large revenue opportunities for the company.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field
2+ years of industry experience in QA testing
Experience performing QA tests for web, mobile, or desktop apps
Working knowledge of SQL and REST APIs
Strong written communication skills — clear test steps and unambiguous bug reports
High attention to detail and a methodical, curious approach to breaking software
Ability to work from written requirements and gain clarity when expectations are ambiguous
Strong drive to grow and stay current with innovations in the QA field

Nice To Haves

Scripting or coding skills (e.g., Python, JavaScript)
Exposure to GraphQL and/or gRPC APIs
Experience with test management tools (e.g., TestRail)
Domain experience in e-commerce, logistics, or fulfillment

Responsibilities

Continuously stay caught up to speed with definition of expected behavior
Execute QA test cases defined in our test management tooling for functional, regression, and release testing
Author new, clearly written test cases and contribute to steadily improving test coverage
Reproduce, document, and track defects with precise reproduction steps, expected vs. actual results, and severity assessments
Verify bug fixes and perform regression testing ahead of releases
Test REST APIs directly (e.g., via Postman or scripts) and validate data correctness using SQL
Apply a variety of testing methodologies (functional, negative, boundary, exploratory) to our robotic fulfillment product
Collaborate with product managers and engineers to clarify requirements and flag ambiguity early
Contribute small scripts or tooling improvements that speed up repetitive testing tasks
Be able to leverage AI tooling to speed up testing velocity and strengthen testing quality