Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Flock Safety is the leading safety technology platform, helping communities thrive by taking a proactive approach to crime prevention and security. They are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer with expertise in Golang and distributed backend systems to build reliable backend systems and contribute to architectural discussions. This fully remote role requires strong communication skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

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