Director of Product Security, Flock Safety
$195-260k
+ Equity
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
Public safety operating system
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Public safety operating system
501-1000 employees
B2BSecurityMachine LearningCommunity
Be an early applicant
$195-260k
+ Equity
Senior and Expert level
Remote in US
501-1000 employees
B2BSecurityMachine LearningCommunity
Company mission
To create safer, happier communities and cities by pre-emptively fighting crime.
Role
Who you are
- At least eight years of experience in managing security engineering programs
- At least two years of experience leading multiple globally-distributed teams
- A proven track record of successfully securing, evolving, and scaling complex systems
- Superb written and verbal communication, time management skills, and a growth mindset
- The ability to make and evaluate realistic assessments of project complexity
- A passion for building technical and leadership skills in others
- A strong commitment to building and fostering a diverse and supportive culture that values customer obsession, continuous improvement, and high standards
- Experience with either high-scale database or cloud computing environments
- A deep sense of ownership, accountability, and pride
- Lead one or more globally distributed engineering teams by creating a positive culture, handling career growth and performance conversations, proactively setting vision and direction, and removing blockers
- You will take ownership, define strategy, and drive improvement for parts of our program such as fuzzing, threat modeling, secrets management, or container security
- Own critical elements of our overall information security program and operate them with excellence
- Partner with stakeholders across the business with visibility up to the executive level, as we deliver as a “One Flock” team
- Provide feedback on the feasibility, functionality, design, and timeline of new security engineering proposals
- Serve as a resource for other engineering teams as they take personal ownership for the security of the systems they own
- Hire, mentor and grow strong, high-performing security engineering teams
What the job involves
- The Flock Safety (Flock) Security organization is a diverse collection of individuals working together to scale Flock’s security, both security of the products themselves and the security features we offer to customers
- The team is responsible for several products, including our devices Falcon, Condor, Raven, Wing, and our operating system FlockOS
- The Flock Safety Security organization works with software engineers to design, implement, and operate systems in a manner that protects customers and Flock’s data
- It is a multidisciplinary organization that covers product, software, cloud, infrastructure, and operational security concerns. Our organization
- Defines and drives an engaging, exciting security strategy for Flock and our customers
- Builds a developer-driven security program where there is tight integration with engineering artifacts, processes, and tooling
- Uses software architecture and coding patterns to reduce the impact of security issues
- Are the security subject matter experts for our tech stack and products
- The First 30 Days
- Learn about the company's products, architecture, and current security landscape
- Meet with key stakeholders across engineering, product, and security teams to understand their pain points and priorities
- Review existing security policies, protocols, and incident reports
- Conduct a high-level analysis of the current product security framework
- Identify and address any immediate security vulnerabilities that pose critical risks
- Begin building relationships with key internal teams, fostering collaboration between security and product development
- The First 60 Days
- Build a product security roadmap that aligns with company goals and product release cycles
- Initiate a security risk assessment process for new product features or updates
- Enhance security best practices for the product life cycle (e.g., secure coding guidelines, automated testing)
- Assess current security team structure and skill sets; recommend necessary changes or training
- Begin streamlining incident response and threat detection workflows within the product security team
- 90 Days & Beyond
- Implement key elements of the product security strategy, including development and deployment of security tools (e.g., automated scanning, vulnerability management)
- Collaborate with engineering to integrate security checks into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure product releases
- Establish security performance metrics and KPIs to monitor the effectiveness of the product security program
- Begin planning for long-term initiatives like a security champion program, threat modeling, or third-party audits
Application process
- Our First Chat: During this first conversation, you’ll meet with a recruiter to chat through your background, what you could bring to Flock, what you are looking for in your next role, and who we are
- The Hiring Manager Interview: You will meet with your potential future boss to really dive into the role, the team, expectations, and what success means at Flock. This is your chance to really nerd out with someone in your field
- The Panel: Learn more about the team, responsibilities, and workflows. You should be prepared to speak about past projects, how you collaborate and communicate with others, and how you live our values. Depending on the team and role you are interviewing for, you may meet with several teammates as well as cross-functional partners
- The Executive Review: A chance to meet an executive and view Flock from a different lens. Be prepared to ask well-thought-out questions about the company, culture, and more
Our take
Public vehicle surveillance provides valuable insights to emergency services for the prevention of crime, but bringing information together to create leads is difficult. There's no standardised system for inter-city vehicle surveillance, and this makes it difficult for communities and law enforcement services to work together.
Flock Safety provides surveillance equipment that aims to improve the abilities of law enforcement and homeowner associations to communicate data with each other. The company focuses on vehicle surveillance, innovating on existing technology by using machine learning to categorise vehicles by color, license plate, state, and other data points.
Whilst automated surveillance equipment is used daily within federal police forces, Flock Safety builds technology systems that provide a means for smaller law enforcement agencies to quantify and share surveillance data easily. This data can then be automatically processed to help develop leads, a time-consuming process that would usually have to be completed manually.
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Insights
Top investors
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
40% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2022
$150m
SERIES E
Jul 2021
$150m
SERIES D
Total funding: $382.7m
Company benefits
- 🌴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
- 📚L&D 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
Company values
- Embrace change to grow - The only “status quo” at Flock Safety are the outdated systems we plan to disrupt. Our employees know the importance of scaling a business that can continue to serve our growing number of customers and communities. We make a plan, but pivot for the greater good.
- Do the work - We value bias towards action and share a strong commitment to solving problems quickly. No task is beneath any of us, and we always go above and beyond to make communities safer.
- Optimism with a plan - Our teams and leaders set lofty goals, but not without thorough planning and sustained accountability. Here at Flock, you contribute to a positive and supportive workplace while benefiting from a high-performance culture.
- Protect the whole community - Our job at Flock is to positively impact all citizens of a community. Our technology impacts millions of lives of people we will never meet, and that is a serious responsibility.
Company HQ
Home Park, Atlanta, GA
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Leadership
Garrett Langley
(CEO)They worked in Computer Services freelance for over 6 years before joining Firethorn in 2015, and Clutch Technologies in 2014. They left their position as President of Moment LLC to found Flock Safety in April 2017.
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