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 $700M in venture capital from investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Bedrock Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. Now surpassing a $7.5B 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

As Flock expands its investment in Drones for first responders, we are building out a team of talented engineers to shape the future of autonomous systems. We’re looking for a leader who is not only excited to manage and grow this team, but who is also deeply hands-on and ready to contribute technically.

In this role, you’ll guide a small, focused team operating at the intersection of robotics, embedded software, and autonomy — while rolling up your sleeves to work directly on the software stack that powers our drones. This includes everything from video processing and multi-agent control architecture, to autopilot, GNC (guidance, navigation, and control), and path planning.

We’re not looking for a narrow specialist — you should be systems-minded, comfortable navigating between layers of the stack, and energized by real-time, safety-critical systems that actually ship. In addition to technical contributions, you’ll be responsible for setting direction, evolving our infrastructure and deployment pipeline for autonomous vehicles, and building the culture, tools, and processes that allow the team to scale.

This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, values deep collaboration, and knows how to create clarity and momentum even when the path forward isn’t obvious. You’ll be joining a low-ego, high-talent group, and your impact will be felt in the people you lead, the technology you help deliver, and the foundation you lay for Flock’s future in autonomy.

The Skillset

• Experience leading small teams

• Strong proficiency in C++ and/or Rust for performance-critical, low-level systems

• Experience implementing near-real-time systems on embedded Linux computers

• Deep understanding of real-time systems, robotics middleware, or autonomy stacks

• Familiarity with guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) and/or path planning algorithms

• Experience developing or integrating with autopilot software (e.g., PX4, ArduPilot, custom stacks)

• Comfort working close to hardware — interfacing with sensors, actuators, and low-level I/O protocols

• Systems thinking — ability to reason across architecture layers and make tradeoffs

• Ownership mindset — you take initiative, move fast, and operate well in ambiguity

• Strong cross-functional collaboration and low-ego communication style

Nice to Haves:

• Exposure to multi-agent systems or distributed control architectures

• Experience with onboard video processing, especially in resource-constrained environments

• Familiarity with deployment tooling or infrastructure for autonomous systems (e.g., OTA updates, field ops, telemetry)

• Knowledge of simulation environments for robotics (e.g., Gazebo, AirSim)

• Prior experience in safety-critical, mission-critical, or regulated environments

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 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 in this role at Flock Safety.

The First 30 Days

• Gain an in-depth understanding of Flock’s devices, cloud systems, and customer requirements.

• Familiarize yourself with the device software architecture.

• Connect with members of the Framework, Applications, and Quality teams.

• Understand the software release process we will be following.

The First 60 Days

• Take on more autonomy by defining software requirements for product requirements.

• Work with product management to ensure that tickets to be worked are fully complete.

• Complete from code to release 3 more tickets.

90 Days & Beyond

• In discussion with your manager, identify a section of the system architecture that you would like to own going forward.

• Identify gaps between what currently exists and what needs to exist for your chosen system.

• Create software requirements for your system (tickets) to track the gap as it narrows.

The Interview 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.

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. The Executive Review: A chance to meet an executive and view Flock from a different lens. Be prepared to ask well-thought-out questions about the company, culture, and more.

Salary & Equity

In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary between $200,000 and $220,000 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.

The Perks

🌴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 2025, Flock will provide a $ 50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.

💖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, Grammarly and so much more.

🏠Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office.

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.