Staff Software Engineer, Flock Safety

Rust

$218-300k

+Stock options

Linux
C++
C
Rust
Senior and Expert level
Remote from US
Flock Safety

Public safety operating system

Open for applications

Flock Safety

Public safety operating system

501-1000 employees

B2BSecurityMachine LearningCommunity

Open for applications

$218-300k

+Stock options

Linux
C++
C
Rust
Senior and Expert level
Remote from US

501-1000 employees

B2BSecurityMachine LearningCommunity

Company mission

To create safer, happier communities and cities by pre-emptively fighting crime.

Role

Who you are

  • The ideal candidate will have a strong background in systems engineering, WebRTC, drone communication protocols, and a passion for delivering innovative solutions in the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) industry
  • 2+ years of software architecture experience
  • 4+ years of Rust development experience (as a subject matter expert)
  • 8+ years of software and/or systems engineering experience (cumulative)
  • Proficiency in Linux-based development environments
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
  • A strong understanding of software architecture and design patterns
  • The ability to work independently and in a team environment

Desirable

  • Prior industry experience working on UAS or GCS platforms
  • Experience with WebRTC and related technologies (RTMP, RTCP, etc.)
  • Experience with other systems languages, such as C and C++
  • Experience with LTE radios and systems
  • Experience writing code for embedded environments

What the job involves

  • We are seeking an experienced and talented Software Engineer with deep knowledge of the Rust language to join our team
  • This role involves architecture, interface design, writing code, responsibility for testing, and publishing documentation
  • In this role, you will be primarily responsible for designing and implementing systems that enable real-time communication between drones, docking stations, our aerial traffic awareness and ground control station (GCS) platforms, and other external systems to enable autonomous operations
  • As a leader on our engineering team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor other engineers, and drive innovation in our product offerings
  • Tools that we use include:
  • AWS, Axum, Docker, GitHub, GitHub Actions (for CI), Helm, Hotwire, Kubernetes, Postgres, PowerShell, Prometheus, React, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Rust, Sentry, Sequel, TailwindCSS, Tokio, Turbo, WebRTC
  • We are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past
  • We prescribe 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 Sr. Embedded Engineer (Rust) at Flock Safety
  • The First 30 Days
  • Meet with colleagues!
  • Understand team workflows and processes
  • Work on tasks for the sprint with support
  • Contribute smaller features and bug fixes with guidance
  • Have all team repos cloned locally and have a good idea of what they do
  • The First 60 Days
  • Ability to perform role with decreased need for guidance
  • Contribute to technical planning and architecture discussions
  • Understand design philosophies in use
  • Contribute to metric collection and automated test suites
  • Communicate with cross-functional teams to ensure projects succeed
  • 90 Days & Beyond
  • Understand how each integration type functions at a high level
  • Come up with and speak on ideas for improving our speed, resource usage, C2 protocol, and other topics to make our software suite better
  • Start to own smaller projects

Application process

  • We want our interview process to be a true reflection of our culture: transparent and collaborative
  • Throughout the interview process, your recruiter will guide you through the next steps and ensure you feel prepared every step of the way
  • 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 Technical Assessment: Our technical assessments seek to test the hard skills required to do the job. Engineers may find themselves in coding interviews or architecture discussions, sales roles may present mock discovery calls, and leadership roles may craft 90 day plans
  • Your recruiter will inform you of which assessment you will be assigned and ensure you are fully prepared for your big day
  • 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 in your function and view Flock from a different lens. Be prepared to ask well-thought-out questions about the company, culture, and more

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Insights

Top investors

40% employee growth in 12 months

Company

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

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Mar 2025

$275m

LATE VC

Mar 2024

$200m

SERIES G

Total funding: $857.7m

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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