Flock Safety
Senior Video Software Engineer
Flock Safety, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
Who is Flock?
Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution to eliminate crime and keep communities safe. Our intelligent platform combines the power of communities at scale - including cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies - to shape a safer future together. Our full-service, maintenance-free technology solution is trusted by communities across the country to help solve and deter crime in the pursuit of safer communities for everyone.Our holistic public safety platform is comprehensive and intelligent, providing the actionable evidence needed to solve, deter and reduce crime across neighborhoods, schools, businesses and entire cities. Without compromising transparency or privacy, we are turning unbiased data into objective answers.Flock strives to offer a career-defining experience where you can also make an impact on your community. While safety is a serious business, we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fulfilling relationships even when we are physically apart. Our group of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment, where a bias towards action is rewarded.We have raised over $380M in venture capital from investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. Now surpassing a $4B valuation, Flock is scaling intentionally and seeking the best and brightest to help us meet our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% in the next three years.The Opportunity
The Cloud Video team is looking to add a Senior Software Engineer to support our increasing number of integrations with other NVRs (network video recorders), VMS (video management systems), and video-capable devices. This engineer will contribute to creating new integrations, maintaining existing integrations, and Flock’s own VMS software.The Skillset
Love writing code and have extensive experience doing soMotivated by taking an unknown problem, sinking your teeth in, and coming up with a plan of attack.Experience with Video/Streaming technologies such as WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, FFmpeg, GStreamer, etc.Experience with Go, Typescript (Node) web services, and React or other Javascript frameworksExperience designing and implementing APIs.Experience with AWS and cloud tooling such as Kubernetes (EKS), AWS Lambda, DockerAbility to work cross-functionally with other engineering and product teamsFeeling 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 are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past. 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 as a Senior Software Engineer at Flock Safety.The First 30 DaysUnderstand team workflows and processesContribute smaller features and bugfixes with guidanceHave all team repos cloned locally and have a good idea of what they doThe First 60 DaysAbility to perform in role with minimal or no guidanceContribute to technical planning and architecture discussionsUnderstand design philosophies in useContribute to metric collection and automated test suites90 Days & BeyondUnderstand how each integration type functions at a high levelCome up with and speak on ideas for improving our speed, resource usage, API simplicity, and other topics to make our software suite betterStart to own smaller projectsGive meaningful PR and architecture feedbackCommunicate with cross-functional teams to ensure projects succeedThe Perks
Salary & Equity : In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary of $150,000-$200,000 as well as stock options.Flexible PTO : We seriously mean it, 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. In 2024, Flock will provide a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.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.ERGs:
We want all employees to thrive and feel like they belong at Flock. We offer three ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, 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:
$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.Pet Insurance:
We’ve partnered with
Pumpkin
to provide insurance for our employee’s fur babies.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.
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Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution to eliminate crime and keep communities safe. Our intelligent platform combines the power of communities at scale - including cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies - to shape a safer future together. Our full-service, maintenance-free technology solution is trusted by communities across the country to help solve and deter crime in the pursuit of safer communities for everyone.Our holistic public safety platform is comprehensive and intelligent, providing the actionable evidence needed to solve, deter and reduce crime across neighborhoods, schools, businesses and entire cities. Without compromising transparency or privacy, we are turning unbiased data into objective answers.Flock strives to offer a career-defining experience where you can also make an impact on your community. While safety is a serious business, we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fulfilling relationships even when we are physically apart. Our group of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment, where a bias towards action is rewarded.We have raised over $380M in venture capital from investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. Now surpassing a $4B valuation, Flock is scaling intentionally and seeking the best and brightest to help us meet our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% in the next three years.The Opportunity
The Cloud Video team is looking to add a Senior Software Engineer to support our increasing number of integrations with other NVRs (network video recorders), VMS (video management systems), and video-capable devices. This engineer will contribute to creating new integrations, maintaining existing integrations, and Flock’s own VMS software.The Skillset
Love writing code and have extensive experience doing soMotivated by taking an unknown problem, sinking your teeth in, and coming up with a plan of attack.Experience with Video/Streaming technologies such as WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, FFmpeg, GStreamer, etc.Experience with Go, Typescript (Node) web services, and React or other Javascript frameworksExperience designing and implementing APIs.Experience with AWS and cloud tooling such as Kubernetes (EKS), AWS Lambda, DockerAbility to work cross-functionally with other engineering and product teamsFeeling 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 are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past. 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 as a Senior Software Engineer at Flock Safety.The First 30 DaysUnderstand team workflows and processesContribute smaller features and bugfixes with guidanceHave all team repos cloned locally and have a good idea of what they doThe First 60 DaysAbility to perform in role with minimal or no guidanceContribute to technical planning and architecture discussionsUnderstand design philosophies in useContribute to metric collection and automated test suites90 Days & BeyondUnderstand how each integration type functions at a high levelCome up with and speak on ideas for improving our speed, resource usage, API simplicity, and other topics to make our software suite betterStart to own smaller projectsGive meaningful PR and architecture feedbackCommunicate with cross-functional teams to ensure projects succeedThe Perks
Salary & Equity : In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary of $150,000-$200,000 as well as stock options.Flexible PTO : We seriously mean it, 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. In 2024, Flock will provide a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.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.ERGs:
We want all employees to thrive and feel like they belong at Flock. We offer three ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, 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:
$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.Pet Insurance:
We’ve partnered with
Pumpkin
to provide insurance for our employee’s fur babies.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.
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