Senior Software Engineer, Search

Every community deserves to be safe, it’s a fundamental right. Our mission is simple - to build technology that reduces crime and protects privacy. Flock partners with cities, businesses, schools, and neighborhoods to help protect where people live, work, and play. Last year, Flock technology supported over 1 million criminal investigations. We've also helped solve approximately 20% of reported crimes in areas where we're deployed, and have played a role in locating more than 10,000 missing people.

We are a high-performance team united by urgency, ownership, and a shared commitment to meaningful impact. The work is fast-paced and the expectations are high. We push beyond perceived limits, support each other, and hold ourselves accountable to delivering results that matter.

With over $1B in funding and an $8.3B valuation, we are scaling with intention and investing in the people who will help us build what others said could not be done. At Flock, you will find the opportunity to grow quickly, take on real responsibility, and contribute to something bigger than yourself.

Flock Safety is looking for a frontend-focused, Senior Software Engineer to join our Search team. Search is one of the most critical features at Flock, it's the tool our customers rely on every day to follow leads, identify patterns, and help keep their communities safer.

In this role, your focus will be heavily frontend-leaning (around 90%), but you'll maintain the fullstack context needed to build seamless end-to-end features. You'll be working on a high-traffic production system where the quality of your work has a direct impact on outcomes that matter. We need someone who cares as much about how something looks and feels as how it works, and who holds themselves and their teammates to a high standard. You'll champion the frontend architecture across a complex React/TypeScript/Node stack, collaborating closely with backend engineers, product, and design to shape the future of the Search experience.

• Frontend Expertise: 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a deep mastery of modern frontend web technologies, design patterns, and user interface design using React and TypeScript.

• Data Visualization: Experience with mapping libraries (e.g., Mapbox, Google Maps API) and/or complex data visualizations on maps.

• Fullstack/Backend Context: Comfort working with Node.js / Express for web services and a solid understanding of general API design (e.g., REST, GraphQL, gRPC).

• Microservice Awareness: Familiarity with core backend microservice concepts, including basic SQL (PostgreSQL or similar) and how clients call between services, so you can collaborate effectively with dedicated backend peers.

• Problem Solving: A resourceful problem-solver mindset, excelling in ambiguous situations and taking initiative.

• Growth Mindset: A love for coding, excitement about working on a fast-paced, constantly evolving product, and a commitment to continuous learning.

• Familiarity with AWS managed services (e.g., S3, API Gateway, SNS/SQS).

• Experience optimizing frontend performance for high-traffic, data-heavy applications.

The First 30 Days

• Pair with each engineer on the Search team to learn the services we own and get to know your teammates

• Review the existing architecture and participate in PR reviews regularly to understand current patterns

• Push code to production early and begin picking up sprint tickets

• Meet with product, design, and key partner teams to understand how customers use Search and what the business needs

First 60 Days: Deepen Ownership and Elevate the Team

• Take on larger tasks spanning multiple repositories with increasing independence

• Identify and suggest improvements to our systems and architecture based on what you've learned

• Prioritize thorough PR reviews and lead at least one team-facing discussion, a tech talk, demo, or retro item

• Participate in customer calls and start on-call rotations

90 Days and Beyond: Lead and Make an Impact

• Represent the Search team on a cross-functional project and communicate progress back to your manager and teammates

• Author or meaningfully contribute to an architecture document for a major feature

• Serve as a technical point person for core Search features and propose solutions to user experience problems you've observed

• Begin mentoring teammates and champion best practices in PR reviews across the team

Salary & Equity

In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary between $170,000 and $190,000 as well as Flock 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.

Location

We’re building the impossible, together. To drive innovation through in-person collaboration, we’re prioritizing candidates in our key hubs: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Austin. While we value the energy of our hub communities, we embrace remote work and welcome applications from exceptional talent across the United States.

The Perks

🌴Flexible PTO: We offer non-accrual PTO, 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: $300 per year to use on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo and so much more.

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

If an offer is extended and accepted, this position requires the ability to obtain and maintain Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) certification as a condition of employment. Applicants must meet all FBI CJIS Security Policy requirements, including a fingerprint-based background check.

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 [email protected]. This information will be treated as confidential and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

At Flock, we compensate our employees fairly for their work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. The range above is representative of base salary only and does not include equity, sales bonus plans (when applicable) and benefits. This range may be modified in the future. This job posting may span more than one career level.

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