Senior Software Engineer, Pipeline

Flock

2d•$172,000 - $200,000•Remote

About The Position

The pipeline team is seeking a seasoned Senior Software Engineer to bolster our efforts to accommodate the rapid expansion of our workload. Flock is continuing to expand to more customers and with that comes more data. Today, Flock processes around 2 billion assets daily in real time (including License Plate Recognition data, audio clips, and images—no raw video). For Flock to keep momentum, we need to keep the pipeline latency low, handle massive asset volumes, solve scalability issues and build new features that support the business. This role centers on data processing and architectural design within a high-scale backend ecosystem.

Requirements

Love writing code and have extensive experience doing so.
Motivated by taking an unknown problem, sinking your teeth in, and coming up with a plan of attack (ownership mindset).
Deep proficiency in TypeScript backend patterns (Node.js, async behavior, typing complex data structures).
Proficiency or a strong willingness to scale up quickly in Go, as the team is actively migrating to be more Go-heavy in the future.
Experience with microservice-oriented architecture and designing distributed systems at scale (handling heavy traffic load and massive data ingestion).
Strong backend/database and pub/sub experience, leveraging Postgres DB, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, and Redis. Ability to tune and optimize PostgreSQL performance when multiple services are interacting with it.
Experience with AWS and cloud tooling such as Kubernetes (EKS), SQS, SNS,, and Docker.
Excellent cross-functional communication and collaboration skills, with a proven track record of working tightly with adjacent teams such as Hardware, ML, Web,, Mobile, and Data Science.

Responsibilities

Keep the pipeline latency low.
Handle massive asset volumes.
Solve scalability issues.
Build new features that support the business.
Act as a domain expert, mentoring junior engineers through code reviews, finding teaching moments, and making the success of the team a bigger priority.

Benefits

Flexible PTO
11 company holidays
Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees: including Medical, Dental, and Vision
HSA match
12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave
Fertility & Family Benefits: partnered with Maven, $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.
Spring Health: mental health benefits, including therapy, coaching, medication management, and digital tools.
Caregiver Support: partnered with Cariloop.
Carta Tax Advisor: 1:1 sessions with Equity Tax Advisors.
ERGs: Women of Flock, Flock Proud, LEOs and Melanin Motion.
$150 per month WFH Stipend
$300 per year Productivity Stipend
One-time $750 Home Office Stipend