Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Flock is dedicated to building technology that reduces crime and protects privacy. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in Golang and distributed backend systems to contribute to architectural discussions and build reliable backend systems.

Responsibilities:

• Understand team workflows and processes
• Meet with key stakeholders
• Understand Aviation products and service architecture
• Ability to perform in role with minimal or no guidance
• Participate in API and service architecture reviews
• Contribute to platform architecture improvements and code quality initiatives
• Support platform improvements and scalability projects
• Lead a database and service performance optimization effort
• Act as a technical lead for a mid-sized Go microservice project

Requirements:

• 3+ years of PostgreSQL experience (querying, schema design, and performance tuning)
• 3+ years of database architecture experience
• 8+ years of backend development experience, including at least 4+ years using Go in production
• Building scalable, high-performance Go microservices
• Proficiency with message queues, pub/sub systems, or event-driven architectures
• Deep knowledge of Go internals and concurrency patterns (goroutines, channels, sync primitives)
• Expertise in profiling and optimizing Go applications for latency and throughput
• Understanding of Go memory management, profiling, and performance optimization
• Designing REST and gRPC APIs consumed by multiple clients and services
• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana)
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills