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As Flock scales its investigative platform, building capabilities that directly accelerate how investigators surface critical evidence is essential to helping agencies resolve cases faster. You will design reliable backend systems, build agentic integration frameworks, and ensure our AI tools remain accurate, performant, and grounded in real-time data.
What You'll OwnLead the architectural evolution and backend execution for Flock's investigative workflows.
Design and deploy high-performance orchestration backends that manage complex LLM tool-calling, function execution, and multi-step reasoning workflows.
Engineer high-throughput integration pipelines and secure connectors linking conversational interfaces directly to core data platform microservices.
Partner with Machine Learning and Data Engineering teams to bridge unstructured LLM outputs with structured internal APIs, maintaining strict schema validation and error handling.
This isn't a front-end or UI-focused engineering position, your work centers strictly on backend microservices, database access patterns, API design, and LLM orchestration.
This isn't a greenfield prototype lab with loose operational standards, you will build production-grade, low-latency infrastructure capable of handling high-volume data streams safely.
Demonstrated capability writing performant production code in Python or TypeScript to build scalable backend web services and microservices.
Deep database proficiency with PostgreSQL, OLAP databases, and Redis to optimize complex data access patterns and real-time retrieval without sacrificing latency.
Practical experience implementing agentic workflows, function calling, Model Context Protocol tools, and prompt engineering with major LLM APIs.
Strong background in cloud-native infrastructure, including hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
Demonstrated capability taking ambiguous technical problems in zero-to-one product spaces and translating them into clear architectural roadmaps.
Experience with LLM evaluation frameworks, vector search, or infrastructure-as-code is a plus.
In this role, you'll receive a starting salary between $170,000 and $200,000 as well as Flock 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.
Why FlockEvery community deserves to be safe. Flock builds the technology that makes that real: last year we supported over 1 million criminal investigations and helped locate more than 10,000 missing people. We're 1,700 people building the impossible with over $1B in funding, and the expectations are high on purpose. If you want a role where the stakes are real and the pace matches, this is it.
Some problems get solved faster in the same room, so we prioritize candidates in Atlanta and Boston. Hub-based roles mean real in-person time with your coworkers. Remote roles exist, and when a posting is open to remote work, it says so.
Building the impossible takes every kind of mind. Flock is an equal opportunity employer, and we know the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills working together with mutual respect. Everyone is welcome to apply. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, email [email protected]; your information stays confidential and is used only to arrange the right accommodation for your interviews.
On compensation: we pay fairly for the work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education, training, and market indicators. The range in this posting covers base salary only and doesn't include equity, sales bonus plans where applicable, or benefits. The range may be adjusted over time, and this posting may span more than one career level.
One last thing: all legitimate communication from Flock comes from an email ending in @flocksafety.com or [email protected]. We never make offers through messaging apps or third parties, and we never request payment or sensitive personal information during hiring. If you encounter suspicious outreach about a Flock role, report it to [email protected].
Skills Required
- Production experience writing performant backend code in Python or TypeScript for scalable web services and microservices.
- Deep database proficiency with PostgreSQL, OLAP databases, and Redis for low-latency data access.
- Practical experience implementing agentic workflows, function calling, Model Context Protocol tools, and prompt engineering with major LLM APIs.
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to translate ambiguous, zero-to-one technical problems into clear architectural roadmaps and lead execution.
- Experience with LLM evaluation frameworks, vector search, or infrastructure-as-code.
Flock Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Flock and has not been reviewed or approved by Flock.
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Parental & Family Support — Day-one, fully paid 12 weeks for all parents plus an additional 6–8 weeks for birthing parents is paired with Maven support for fertility, adoption, and surrogacy. Several current postings also specify a lifetime family‑building benefit up to $50,000 and caregiver support resources.
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Healthcare Strength — Employee medical, dental, and vision are described as fully paid in many roles, with company‑paid life and disability and an HSA match. Named access to Spring Health extends support for therapy, coaching, and related care.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is provided to all employees—commonly ISOs with standard four‑year vesting—and dedicated Carta sessions offer 1:1 guidance on equity and taxes. This structure increases clarity around exercising and realizing potential value.
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What We Do
Every community deserves to be safe. Our mission is to build technology that protects privacy and reduces crime while earning trust from customers and society. Flock partners with cities, businesses, schools, and neighborhoods to protect where people live, work, and play. Our systems provide real-time awareness and collaboration across agencies and communities, creating safer places where residents and employees feel secure. By combining hardware, software, and a nationwide network, we deliver objective intelligence that helps solve crimes, accelerates investigations, deters future incidents, and protects civilians. We believe responsibly deployed technology can reduce crime, protect civil liberties, and strengthen community trust.
Why Work With Us
We’re a high-performance team fueled by optimism, urgency, and a shared belief that the hardest challenges are the ones worth taking on. You’ll be pushed to do the best work of your life, move fast, and consistently become 1% better every day. If you love hard work and making an impact, Flock could be a great fit.
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