Flock Safety is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Flock Safety is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join our pipeline team. This role focuses on scaling our data ingestion and processing systems to support rapid expansion in the audio space. You will directly impact a critical pipeline that filters noise from signal, enables new threat detection, and supports time-sensitive workflows across our safety platform.

What You'll Do

• Scale the pipeline to handle rapid workload expansion in the audio space while keeping latency low.
• Build new features that support business objectives.
• Work on accommodating the scale of data ingestion.
• Help scale a critical pipeline that filters noise from signal and enables detection of new threat types.
• Support time-sensitive workflows across our broader safety platform.

What We're Looking For

• A love for writing code and extensive experience doing so.
• Motivation to take an unknown problem, sink your teeth in, and develop a plan of attack.
• Experience with Go and Typescript (Node) web services.
• Experience with microservice-oriented architecture and designing systems at scale.
• Strong backend/database and pub/sub experience.
• Experience with AWS and cloud tooling such as Kubernetes (EKS), AWS Lambda, and Docker.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with other engineering and product teams.

Technical Stack

• Go, Typescript (Node)
• Postgres DB, OpenSearch, Redis
• AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), AWS Lambda, Docker

Benefits & Compensation

• Compensation: $171,000 - $190,000 + Flock Safety Stock Options.
• Flexible PTO plus 11 company holidays.
• Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, Vision, and an HSA match.
• 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for all employees. Birthing parents eligible for an additional 6-8 weeks of physical recovery time.
• $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit for eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses (starting 2025).
• Caregiver support via Cariloop.
• 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors via Carta.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
• $150 per month WFH stipend.
• $300 per year Productivity Stipend.
• One-time $750 Home Office Stipend.

Flock is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse backgrounds and thoughts and welcome everyone to apply for employment with us.