Who is Flock?

Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution to eliminate crime and keep communities safe. Our intelligent platform combines the power of communities at scale - including cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies - to shape a safer future together. Our full-service, maintenance-free technology solution is trusted by communities across the country to help solve and deter crime in the pursuit of safer communities for everyone.

Our holistic public safety platform is comprehensive and intelligent, providing the actionable evidence needed to solve, deter and reduce crime across neighborhoods, schools, businesses and entire cities. Without compromising transparency or privacy, we are turning unbiased data into objective answers.

Flock strives to offer a career-defining experience where you can also make an impact on your community. While safety is a serious business, we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fulfilling relationships even when we are physically apart. Our group of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment, where a bias towards action is rewarded. 

We have raised over $700M in venture capital from investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Bedrock Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. Now surpassing a $7.5B valuation, Flock is scaling intentionally and seeking the best and brightest to help us meet our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% in the next three years.

The Opportunity 

The platform integrations team is seeking a seasoned Senior Software Engineer to support the rapid expansion of our workload. Our software continues to reach more customers, with new partnerships and integrations on our roadmap. To keep momentum, we need to keep integrating with various data sources that show real-time contextual information on the web, mobile, and through our APIs. The team integrates public safety systems of all sorts, including computer-assisted-dispatch (CAD), 911 live calls, automated vehicle locator (AVL), vehicle hotlists, and other alerts as well as contributing to our developer hub with a growing list of APIs for developers. 

The Skillset 

• Love writing code and have extensive experience doing so

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in customer-facing communications

• Able to organize, keep track, and deliver multiple projects in parallel  

• Experience with Go and Typescript (Node) web services

• Experience with microservice-oriented architecture and designing systems at scale – We process over 1 billion images daily in real-time.

• Motivated by taking an unknown problem, sinking your teeth in, and coming up with a plan of attack.

• Proficiency in writing, optimizing, and troubleshooting complex SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and integration.

• Proficiency with relational database systems (especially PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server) and a solid understanding of database design principles

• Experience in integrating and syncing data between disparate systems, including resolving data format inconsistencies

• Understanding of on-premise networks, including firewalls, VPNs, and network configurations, to ensure seamless system communication and data transfer.

• Strong backend/database and pub/sub experience, we leverage Postgres DB, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, Redis (use the right tool for the job)

• Experience with AWS and cloud tooling such as Kubernetes (EKS), AWS Lambda, Docker

• Ability to work cross-functionally with internal and external engineering and product teams 

• The ideal candidate will have experience with CAD systems and databases

Feeling uneasy that you haven’t ticked every box? That’s okay; we’ve felt that way too. Studies have shown women and minorities are less likely to apply unless they meet all qualifications. We encourage you to break the status quo and apply to roles that would make you excited to come to work every day.

90 Days at Flock

We are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past. We prescribe 90 day plans and believe that good days, lead to good weeks, which lead to good months. This serves as a preview of the 90 day plan you will receive if you were to be hired as a Senior Software Engineer at Flock Safety. 

The First 30 Days

• Meet with your teammates and stakeholders!

• Understand current processes and procedures

• Work o