Flock Safety · 2 days ago
Senior Android Software Engineer, Mobile
Flock Safety is the leading safety technology platform, helping communities thrive by taking a proactive approach to crime prevention and security. The Senior Android Software Engineer will support, maintain, and improve the Flock Safety Android app, which is currently used by thousands of users daily, as the user base continues to grow.
ManufacturingPublic SafetySecuritySensor
Responsibilities
Understand current processes and procedures
Work on small tasks for the sprint with support
Work towards understanding how the pipeline at Flock works
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gain context on how they leverage the pipeline
Asking questions in a public way to spread knowledge; i.e. public slack channels, etc
Ability to perform the role with decreased need for guidance: Come up with options of solutions instead of 'what should I do?'
High-level understanding of the features we are working on
Understand the software design philosophies being used
Be comfortable navigating through the code base
Engaged during technical conversations to increase the quality of input
To-do: Add decent-sized feature
Able to explain each of the pipeline services’ purpose
Have 3-5 ideas of where you see risk (stability, features, process, etc)
Ability to perform role with little guidance with transparency
Be comfortable picking up engineering tasks of larger size and more ambiguity
Communicating across multiple teams to solve problems efficiently
Contributing ideas for how we build better software
Participate in software engineering demo day by presenting a topic that you worked on in the last few months
Qualification
Required
Multiple years of native Android experience having worked on multiple apps shipped to the play store
Experience shipping and maintaining a mobile app over an extended period of time - working with mobile apps at scale or having helped apps scale to millions of users is a plus!
A passion for programming alongside strong problem-solving and architecture abilities
A love for technology, and an insatiable curiosity for new tools to solve real problems
Experience with the following technologies: Kotlin, Coroutines, Jetpack Compose, Retrofit, Push Notifications
Ability to obtain and maintain Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) certification as a condition of employment
Applicants must meet all FBI CJIS Security Policy requirements, including a fingerprint-based background check
Preferred
Swift or NodeJS is a plus!
Benefits
Flexible PTO : We offer non-accrual PTO, 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. Flock will provide a $50,000-lifetime maximum benefit related to eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses.
Spring Health: Spring Health offers a variety of mental health benefits, including therapy, coaching, medication management, and digital tools, all tailored to each individual's needs.
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 and so much more.
Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office.
Company
Flock Safety
Flock Safety provides end-to-end surveillance solutions to support law enforcement and communities.
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (1)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$655.58MKey Investors
Andreessen HorowitzTiger Global ManagementMeritech Capital Partners
2025-03-13Series F· $275M
2022-02-15Series E· $150M
2021-07-13Series D· $150M
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