Senior ML Systems Engineer

Who Is Flock?

Flock Safety is the leading safety technology platform, helping communities thrive by taking a proactive approach to crime prevention and security. Our hardware and software suite connects cities, law enforcement, businesses, schools, and neighborhoods in a nationwide public-private safety network. Trusted by over 5,000 communities, 4,500 law enforcement agencies, and 1,000 businesses, Flock delivers real-time intelligence while prioritizing privacy and responsible innovation.

We’re a high-performance, low-ego team driven by urgency, collaboration, and bold thinking. Working at Flock means tackling big challenges, moving fast, and continuously improving. It’s intense but deeply rewarding for those who want to make an impact.

With nearly $700M in venture funding and a $7.5B valuation, we’re scaling intentionally and seeking top talent to help build the impossible. If you value teamwork, ownership, and solving tough problems, Flock could be the place for you.

The Opportunity

Flock Safety is a leading public safety company dedicated to eliminating crime through a full-service offering of hybrid hardware and software systems. Flock’s License Plate Reader, Video, and Drone devices detect and track objects to provide its customers with the best information to make actionable decisions. Flock’s product success comes from intelligent hardware, state-of-the-art machine learning, and scalable cloud software all working together as a single, powerful platform. To reliably deliver and continue to grow the capabilities of this platform at an ever-increasing pace, we are looking for an engineer who is passionate about leading cross-functional teams while still contributing as an IC.

How You’Ll Make An Impact:

You will collaborate across device, ML, cloud software, device software, and SRE to work on

• Distill product requirements into actionable software requirements
• Lead software architecture design of cross-team projects
• Identify process bottlenecks in cross-functional development and firmware release, and build solutions to make improvements

The Skillset

• Has 4+ years of professional experience in software development, particularly in full-stack systems, ML inference servers, or edge ML devices.
• Is proficient in at least one of C++, Go, Typescript, or Kotlin.
• Familiar with Python as at least a scripting language
• Has hands-on experience working across the stack to launch a new product feature, either at a small startup or leading a project at a larger organization.
• Thinks about systems and features holistically when designing an architecture.
• Has a strong product and customer experience mindset.
• Can break down a cross-team project into milestones and think through contracts between software and teams so that different teams can implement the features in parallel with minimal blockers even when contributors are working on multiple projects at a time.
• Thinks like a builder and has a proven track record of launching new product features, including instrumenting CI/CD pipelines, and user telemetry.
• Is passionate about process improvement and enjoys the challenge of making complex systems faster, more reliable, and easier to work with.
• Is a natural problem-solver who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and excels at influencing without direct authority.

90 Days at Flock

We are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past. We prescribe to 90 day plans and believe that good days lead to good weeks, which lead to good months. This serves as a preview of the 90 day plan you will receive if you were to be hired in this role at Flock Safety.

The First 30 Days

• Pair on leading 2 existing cross-team projects (one new feature deployment and one process improvement) which will help you familiarize yourself with the flock pipeline and teams.

The First 60 Days

• Begin leading a cross-team project for a new feature, designing the system architecture, getting the right managers and ICs involved across multiple teams, and ship a couple PRs of your own.

90 Days & Beyond

• Bring your first project to completion and begin planning and scoping the next cross-team project.

Salary & Equity

In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary between $175,000 and $200,000 as well as Flock Safety 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.

Location

We’re building the impossible, together. To drive innovation through in-person collaboration, we’re prioritizing candidates in our key hubs: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Austin. While we value the energy of our hub communities, we embrace remote work and welcome applications from exceptional talent across the United States.

The Perks

🌴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.

If an offer is extended and accepted, this position requires the 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.

Flock is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse backgrounds and thoughts and welcome everyone to apply for employment with us. We are committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive, transparent, and collaborative. Mutual respect is central to how Flock operates, and we believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills. We embrace our differences and know that we are stronger working together.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at recruiting@flocksafety.com. This information will be treated as confidential and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

At Flock Safety, we compensate our employees fairly for their work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. The range above is representative of base salary only and does not include equity, sales bonus plans (when applicable) and benefits. This range may be modified in the future. This job posting may span more than one career level.