Software Engineer, Platform - Worldwide

Who is Flock?

Flock Safety provides the first public safety operating system that empowers private communities and law enforcement to work together to eliminate crime. We are committed to protecting human privacy and mitigating bias in policing with the development of best-in-class technology rooted in ethical design, which unites civilians and public servants in pursuit of a safer, more equitable society.

Our Safety-as-a-Service approach includes affordable devices powered by LTE and solar that can be installed anywhere. Our technology detects and captures objective details, decodes evidence in real-time and delivers investigative leads into the hands of those who matter.

While safety is a serious business, we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fun relationships even when we are physically apart. Our flock of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment, where a bias towards action is rewarded. Flock Safety is headquartered in Atlanta and operates nationwide. We have raised over $380M in venture capital including a recent Series E round led by Tiger Global. Now surpassing a 3B 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.

Additional Information

• How To Succeed at Flock Video
• Flock’s Series E Announcement
• How We Stop Crime and Protect Privacy
• Flock’s Framework
• Ethics Center

The Role

This role falls in our Platform team, a team of extremely sharp engineers responsible for our backend data processing pipeline, storing that data, and overall system architecture. They’re the glue that works closely with our Machine Learning, Hardware teams, and front end focussed teams to tie everything into a cohesive product experience for our users.

How you'll make an impact:

• Own features through their lifecycle: backend, frontend, data stores – the whole shebang (#!)
• Collaborate with Machine Learning, Hardware teams, and front end focussed teams on multifaceted projects touching the entire system
• Design systems at scale – We process over 250M images daily in real time
• Learn our system. If a technology is out there, we probably touch it
• Working directly with Product to scope features into iterative efforts
• Assess new technologies as needed for a task and make decisions balancing technical need and business impact

We're looking for people who:

• Love writing code and have extensive experience doing so.
• Are motivated by taking an unknown problem, sinking your teeth in, and coming up with a plan of attack.
• Have a strong desire to grow their role as well as have a direct influence on the growth of a young company.
• Are interested in all aspects of the business, from direction to office space.
• Are excited about working on a fast-paced, constantly evolving product.
• Are able to crack a joke every now and then, even if you're the only one who laughs.

Our Tech

If you noticed, the above list says very little about specific coding skills. We believe the right person for this role is much more than a great engineer. But to get into the nitty gritty, currently our stack looks like:

• Typescript (Node) and Go web services
• Postgres DB, Elastic Search, DynamoDB, Redis (use the right tool for the job)
• Kubernetes (EKS), AWS Lambda, Docker
• AWS (many managed services)

Our Values

Our values define how we approach our work every single day:

• Do the Work
• Optimism With a Plan
• Embrace Change to Grow
• Protect the Whole Community

To read more about our values, click here.

Why Join Us?

While being surrounded by a bunch of cool people working to eliminate crime is its own reward, we have plenty more to offer:

• We have raised over $380M in venture capital and are backed by some of the top VCs including a16z, Tiger Global, Meritech and more
• 91% of our employees recommend working here
• We have an audacious goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% over the next three years
• 3% of crimes in the US are solved by Flock, and we help to solve ~200 crimes a day
• We partner with 2100+ cities and 1500+ agencies across the US and process 1.1B+ images a week (we process more images than Instagram 🤯)

The Perks

💰Salary Equity: In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary of $130,000-$150,000 as well as stock options

🌴Use what you need PTO: We seriously mean it, plus 11 company holidays and your birthday off!

⚕️Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match.

👪Family Leave: We provide 16 weeks of 100% paid leave for primary caregivers and 12 weeks of 100% paid leave for secondary caregivers.

🍼Fertility Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven, a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. We will reimburse $10,000 a year for adoption, surrogacy, or infertility.

🧠Mental Health: All employees receive an annual subscription to Headspace

💖Caregiver Support: We have partnered with Cariloop to provide our employees with caregiver support

💸Carta Tax Advisor: Employees receive 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors who can address individual grants, model tax scenarios, and answer general questions.

💻WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home.

📚LD Stipend: $250 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo, Grammarly and so much more.

🏠Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office.

🏢Coworking Space: If you’re not local to our ATL HQ, we’ll provide $250 a month to get you set up with an All Access Membership to WeWork (or a local coworking space in your area).

🐾Pet Insurance: We’ve partnered with Pumpkin to provide insurance for our employee’s fur babies.

Flock is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse backgrounds and thoughts and welcome everyone to apply for employment with us. We are committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive, transparent, and collaborative. Mutual respect is central to how Flock operates, and we believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills. We embrace our differences and know that we are stronger working together.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at careers@flocksafety.com. This information will be treated as confidential and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

Originally posted on Himalayas