Senior Software Engineer, Data Integration

Flock Safety is the leading safety technology platform, helping communities thrive by taking a proactive approach to crime prevention and security. Our hardware and software suite connects cities, law enforcement, businesses, schools, and neighborhoods in a nationwide public-private safety network. Trusted by over 5,000 communities, 4,500 law enforcement agencies, and 1,000 businesses, Flock delivers real-time intelligence while prioritizing privacy and responsible innovation.

We’re a high-performance, low-ego team driven by urgency, collaboration, and bold thinking. Working at Flock means tackling big challenges, moving fast, and continuously improving. It’s intense but deeply rewarding for those who want to make an impact.

With nearly $700M in venture funding and a $7.5B valuation, we’re scaling intentionally and seeking top talent to help build the impossible. If you value teamwork, ownership, and solving tough problems, Flock could be the place for you.

The Opportunity

The Nova team is building a “single pane of glass” for investigators. The purpose is to connect the investigator to the many disparate sources of data they already have access to in order to make it easier to “connect the dots” and build a picture around their case work. The technical challenges to enable these tools are diverse and sophisticated. The team needs a strong engineer to build integrations to the many data sources as well as build stronger bindings to the overall Flock Software Platform. Our engineers work directly with our customers and are able to react with high value and often real life impacting results. Flock believes that many facets of our work are “Better Together” and that infuses how we think about the various products we offer as well as how we work together individually and collectively. This provides a vast opportunity to work across multiple teams and skillsets and not only elevate the company but our engineers as well.

The Skillset

• Love for coding and a commitment to continuous learning.

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

• Desire to grow your role and directly influence the growth of a young company.

• Excitement about working on a fast-paced, constantly evolving product.

• Strong proficiency in Python for data processing, with the ability to switch to TypeScript/Node.js to support our PERN stack application.

• Extensive experience designing and building scalable ETL workflows and data pipelines. (Experience with orchestration tools like Airflow or Prefect is a strong plus).

• Deep expertise with PostgreSQL and advanced SQL skills. You are comfortable writing complex queries, optimizing performance, and handling integrations across a variety of different database systems.

• Experience architecting robust 3rd party integrations, ensuring data consistency and reliability when communicating with external APIs.

• Familiarity with the React ecosystem (or similar frameworks like Vue/Angular), with the ability to contribute to the frontend of our full-stack applications when necessary.

• Confidence in system architecture with a focus on scaling data pipelines and managing high-volume data ingestion.

• Confidence in microservices and system design.

• Confidence with Docker for local development and remote deployment via Helm to Kubernetes.

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

• Familiarity with Terraform or similar IaC patterns

Feeling uneasy that you haven’t ticked every box? That’s okay; we’ve felt that way too. Studies have shown women and minorities are less likely to apply unless they meet all qualifications. We encourage you to break the status quo and apply to roles that would make you excited to come to work every day.

90 Days at Flock

We prescribe to 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 in this role at Flock Safety.

The First 30 Days

• Meet with stakeholders

• Understand your role on the team

• Understand current processes and procedures (aka the Flock way)

• Have contributed and know how to contribute code to all repos owned by your team

• Asking questions in a public way to understand and spread knowledge; i.e., public slack channels, etc.

The First 60 Days

• Be able to perform the role with a decreased need for guidance

• Be able to complete ownership of medium-sized tasks with little support

• Possess a high-level understanding of the features we are working on

• Understand the software design philosophies being used

• Comfortable navigating through all owned code bases

• Engaged during technical conversations to increase the quality of input

• Building strong relationships with your team members

90 Days & Beyond

• Demonstrating strong communication skills and owning the full lifecycle of your work

• Comfortable picking up engineering tasks of larger size and more ambiguity

• Communicating across multiple teams to solve problems efficiently

• Contributing ideas for how we build better software

• Be on at least 1 customer call within your 90 days

• Have a sense of where you want to grow at Flock

Salary & Equity

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

Flock Safety is aware of fraudulent individuals and agencies falsely claiming to represent our company. All legitimate communication from Flock Safety will come from an email address ending in @flocksafety.com. We do not make job offers through messaging apps, social platforms, or unauthorized third parties, and we will never request payment or sensitive personal information during the hiring process. If you encounter suspicious outreach related to a Flock Safety role, please report it to [email protected]