Queue
Fully autonomous robotic pharmacy — sealed wholesale bottles in, verified prescription vials out
Last verified August 15, 2026 · Updated daily
What Queue is building
Queue built a self-contained machine that runs a pharmacy without a pharmacist on site. Sealed wholesale medication bottles go in one end; filled, verified prescription vials come out the other. Each storage cell holds thousands of pills loaded from sealed manufacturer bottles; a patient walks up to the kiosk, shows a QR code to verify their prescription, and the machine runs the fill sequence — filling a 60-pill vial roughly every 30 seconds, using computer vision to identify every pill down to its National Drug Code. A predictive AI layer monitors inventory and alerts a technician to reload before a medication runs out — the one human touchpoint in the workflow. It currently supports the 250 most-prescribed medications in the US and claims up to 96% lower fulfillment cost than traditional pharmacy operations (a figure without a published methodology). The context making this viable: nearly one in three US pharmacies has closed since 2010 (USC/UC Berkeley research in Health Affairs), 15.8 million Americans live in pharmacy deserts, pharmacy schools are graduating 3,000-4,000 fewer pharmacists than needed, and technician vacancy rates run 40%+.
Why this matters
An oversubscribed seed led by AlleyCorp less than a year after a Riot Ventures pre-seed, with a major national pharmacy chain already signed, is unusually fast commercial validation for healthcare hardware. AlleyCorp GP Abe Murray: 'What the Queue team has accomplished is rare in the development of hardware for healthcare.' Riot's Will Coffield frames the contrarian bet: rather than working around labor shortages and broken unit economics, Queue is 'automating the physical fulfillment layer itself.' The founder pedigree de-risks execution — Nick Desai previously built Heal (home healthcare, $200M+ raised, acquired by Humana) and CTO Josh Liu comes from Tesla and Zipline, the exact talent pipeline feeding the current robotics wave. The open question every serious candidate should understand: most states legally require a licensed pharmacist for final dispensing verification, so regulatory strategy is as existential as the engineering — a point Queue's own site acknowledges, positioning the machine as freeing pharmacists to 'practice pharmacy again.'
Open roles at Queue
5 positions we're tracking. Roles are re-checked daily and removed when filled.
Robotics Engineer
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Mechanical/Hardware Engineer
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Software Engineer (Computer Vision)
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Embedded Systems Engineer
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Pharmacy Operations / Regulatory Lead
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Hiring outlook
This is the rare announcement that explicitly says they are 'actively hiring across robotics, hardware, software, and pharmacy operations.' A 20-person team with a signed national pharmacy chain customer and a working prototype has to scale manufacturing and deployment fast, which means engineering headcount is the bottleneck. Oversubscribed round plus explicit hiring language equals immediate openings.
Working at Queue
Queue: Fully autonomous robotic pharmacy — sealed wholesale bottles in, verified prescription vials out. Founded , currently employees. At this stage, expect opportunity to shape your role based on the company stage.
Most Queue jobs are based in Palo Alto.
Frequently asked questions
How many jobs does Queue have open?
Queue currently has 5 open roles, last verified June 2026.
Does Queue hire remotely?
All current Queue roles are based in Palo Alto.
What roles is Queue hiring for?
Queue is hiring across Engineering, Operations. The most recent opening is Robotics Engineer.
How do I apply for a job at Queue?
Apply directly through the links above, or read our guide on how to actually get hired at Queue.
Where is Queue based?
Queue is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
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