Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Flock is a technology company dedicated to building solutions that reduce crime and protect privacy. They are looking for a Senior Software Engineer focused on frontend development to join their Search team, where the engineer will work on a high-traffic production system that directly impacts community safety. The role involves collaborating with backend engineers, product, and design teams to enhance the Search experience.
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- 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
Skills
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Deep mastery of modern frontend web technologies, design patterns, and user interface design using React and TypeScript
- Experience with mapping libraries (e.g., Mapbox, Google Maps API) and/or complex data visualizations on maps
- Comfort working with Node.js / Express for web services
- Solid understanding of general API design (e.g., REST, GraphQL, gRPC)
- Familiarity with core backend microservice concepts, including basic SQL (PostgreSQL or similar)
- Resourceful problem-solver mindset, excelling in ambiguous situations and taking initiative
- 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
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Flexible PTO: We offer non-accrual PTO, plus 11 company holidays.
- Fully-paid [health benefits](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZJtOz4awU9zcMeAtDbiha9Z2Oze1LRDH/view?usp=sharing) 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](https://www.mavenclinic.com/), 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](https://www.cariloop.com/) 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.
Company Overview
Flock Safety is the leading public safety platform designed to help communities prevent and reduce crime, not just respond to it. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.flocksafety.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Flock has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2024, 2 in 2022, 2 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.