Job Url: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/flock%20safety/df709131-9d0e-46cc-9a79-370f78109476?utm_source=jobright&jr_id=6973c5af37785856350d9667 Job Description: Senior Software Engineer, Real Time Location Remote - USA Employment Type Full time Location Type Remote Department Engineering Compensation $171K – $190K • Offers Equity Where you fall within the compensation range is based on how you demonstrate the attributes and competencies required for the role. We mostly reserve the upper half of our compensation bands for internal growth. During your call with one of our recruiters, they can further clarify the salary range and our total compensation. Overview Application Who is Flock? Flock Safety is the leading safety technology platform, helping communities thrive by taking a proactive approach to crime prevention and security. Our hardware and software suite connects cities, law enforcement, businesses, schools, and neighborhoods in a nationwide public-private safety network. Trusted by over 5,000 communities, 4,500 law enforcement agencies, and 1,000 businesses, Flock delivers real-time intelligence while prioritizing privacy and responsible innovation. We’re a high-performance, low-ego team driven by urgency, collaboration, and bold thinking. Working at Flock means tackling big challenges, moving fast, and continuously improving. It’s intense but deeply rewarding for those who want to make an impact. With nearly $700M in venture funding and a $7.5B valuation, we’re scaling intentionally and seeking top talent to help build the impossible. If you value teamwork, ownership, and solving tough problems, Flock could be the place for you. The Opportunity Join the Real-Time team, the builders of essential tools for first responders, law enforcement, and commercial clients. We're looking for someone like you to help us tackle complex technical challenges as we build and refine our client-facing product, FlockOS. You'll be instrumental in rendering real-time data, working on crucial features like the Hot list tool, mapping solutions, web-socket functionality, and seamless mobile FlockOS integrations. Our work is constantly evolving as we help clients develop technology solutions for their real-time crime centers, offering you exciting opportunities to expand your skills. You'll interface directly with customers, allowing you to quickly deliver high-impact results. We provide the tools that configure Flock's benefits, offering significant growth opportunities for engineers to broaden their expertise. If you're ready to contribute to critical solutions and directly influence our customers' success, we want to hear from you! The Skillset Love writing code and continue learning to do it better Motivated by taking an unknown problem, sinking your teeth in, and coming up with a plan of attack Passionate about staying up to date with latest web technologies Desire to grow your role and directly influence the growth of a young company Excited about working on a fast-paced, constantly evolving product Familiar with Typescript (Node) as web services in addition to general API design Confident in a modern web framework - we leverage React with Typescript Familiar with various data stores and know how to interact with them. Confident in PostgreSQL Experience with observability and monitoring tools (DataDog, Grafana) and WebSocket protocols; proficient in deploying applications to Kubernetes clusters using Helm Familiar with AWS and have used some managed services like S3, API Gateway, SQS, etc. 90 Days at Flock We are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past. We prescribe to 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 stakeholders Understand your role on the team Understand current processes and procedures (aka the Flock way) Have contributed or know how to contribute code to all repos owned by your team Asking questions in a public way to spread knowledge; i.e., public slack channels, etc. The First 60 Days Be able to perform the role with a decreased need for guidance Be able to complete ownership of medium-sized tasks with little support Possess a high-level understanding of the features we are working on Understand the software design philosophies being used Comfortable navigating through all owned code bases Engaged during technical conversations to increase the quality of input Building strong relationships with your team members 90 Days & Beyond Demonstrating strong communication skills and owning the full lifecycle of your work Comfortable picking up engineering tasks of larger size and more ambiguity Communicating across multiple teams to solve problems efficiently Contributing ideas for how we build better software Be on at least 1 customer call within your 90 days Have a sense of where you want to grow at Flock Salary & Equity In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary between $171,000 and $190,000 as well as Flock Safety Stock Options. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. Your recruiter will discuss this in-depth with you during our first chat. The Perks 🌴Flexible PTO: We seriously mean it, plus 11 company holidays. ⚕️Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision and an HSA match. 👪Family Leave: All employees receive 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave. Birthing parents are eligible for an additional 6-8 weeks of physical recovery time. 🍼Fertility & Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven, a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. Flock will provide a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses. 🧠Spring Health: Spring Health offers a variety of mental health benefits, including therapy, coaching, medication management, and digital tools, all tailored to each individual's needs. 💖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. 💚ERGs: We want all employees to thrive and feel like they belong at Flock. We offer four ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, LEOs and Melanin Motion. If you are interested in talking to a representative from one of these, please let your recruiter know. 💻WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home. 📚Productivity 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.