Senior Software Engineer, Search

Flock is a technology company dedicated to building solutions that reduce crime and protect privacy. They are looking for a Senior Software Engineer focused on frontend development to join their Search team, where the engineer will work on a high-traffic production system that directly impacts community safety. The role involves collaborating with backend engineers, product, and design teams to enhance the Search experience.

Responsibilities:

• Pair with each engineer on the Search team to learn the services we own and get to know your teammates
• Review the existing architecture and participate in PR reviews regularly to understand current patterns
• Push code to production early and begin picking up sprint tickets
• Meet with product, design, and key partner teams to understand how customers use Search and what the business needs
• Take on larger tasks spanning multiple repositories with increasing independence
• Identify and suggest improvements to our systems and architecture based on what you've learned
• Prioritize thorough PR reviews and lead at least one team-facing discussion, a tech talk, demo, or retro item
• Participate in customer calls and start on-call rotations
• Represent the Search team on a cross-functional project and communicate progress back to your manager and teammates
• Author or meaningfully contribute to an architecture document for a major feature
• Serve as a technical point person for core Search features and propose solutions to user experience problems you've observed
• Begin mentoring teammates and champion best practices in PR reviews across the team

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Deep mastery of modern frontend web technologies, design patterns, and user interface design using React and TypeScript
• Experience with mapping libraries (e.g., Mapbox, Google Maps API) and/or complex data visualizations on maps
• Comfort working with Node.js / Express for web services
• Solid understanding of general API design (e.g., REST, GraphQL, gRPC)
• Familiarity with core backend microservice concepts, including basic SQL (PostgreSQL or similar)
• Resourceful problem-solver mindset, excelling in ambiguous situations and taking initiative
• A love for coding, excitement about working on a fast-paced, constantly evolving product, and a commitment to continuous learning
• Familiarity with AWS managed services (e.g., S3, API Gateway, SNS/SQS)
• Experience optimizing frontend performance for high-traffic, data-heavy applications