Senior Software Engineer, Flock

• 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

Desirable

• 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
• 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