Software Engineering Manager - Fleet & Planner

Who is Flock?

Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution to eliminate crime and keep communities safe. Our intelligent platform combines the power of communities at scale - including cities businesses schools and law enforcement agencies - to shape a safer future together. Our full-service maintenance-free technology solution is trusted by communities across the country to help solve and deter crime in the pursuit of safer communities for everyone.

Our holistic public safety platform is comprehensive and intelligent providing the actionable evidence needed to solve deter and reduce crime across neighborhoods schools businesses and entire cities. Without compromising transparency or privacy we are turning unbiased data into objective answers.

Flock strives to offer a career-defining experience where you can also make an impact on your community. While safety is a serious business we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fulfilling relationships even when we are physically apart. Our group of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment where a bias towards action is rewarded.

We have raised over $380M in venture capital from investors including Tiger Global Andreessen Horowitz Matrix Partners Meritech Capital Partners and Initialized Capital. Now surpassing a $3B valuation Flock is scaling intentionally and seeking the best and brightest to help us meet our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% in the next three years.

The Opportunity

As a Software Engineering Manager working on the Deployment Planner and Fleet Management team you will be able to directly impact how customers get delivery of the products they purchase and how Flock ensures those products stay online and capture evidence.  As a manager you will be responsible for leading engineering teams who are responsible for building the tools that help facilitate the factory production test and delivery of our products along with supporting the repair RMA and redeployment of devices.

The Skillset

• Experience leading/managing full-stack development teams with an emphasis on cloud development and distributed systems - we leverage AWS

• Background leveraging frameworks and languages like react node javascript and typescript

• Capable of getting hands-on when needed and coaching/mentoring other engineers

• Bonus: Experience with IoT devices electrical engineering or any factory/production flows

Feeling uneasy that you haven’t ticked every box? That’s okay; we’ve felt that way too. Studies have shown women and minorities are less likely to apply unless they meet all qualifications. We encourage you to break the status quo and apply to roles that would make you excited to come to work every day.

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 as a Software Engineering Manager at Flock Safety.

The First 30 Days

• Spend time meeting with your direct reports product managers and fellow engineering leaders.

• Better understand our codebase and how our developers work by pairing on small tasks in a sprint

• Learn how the Fleet and Planner team operates

The First 60 Days

• Lead your team through weekly 1:1s sprint ceremonies and project meetings.

• Develop a strong understanding of the features we are working on your team’s OKRs our roadmap support and on-call schedule.

• Learn our software design philosophies and code architecture inclusive of which repositories map to which business cases

• Become the point person for all things Fleet Management

90 Days & Beyond

• Develop a strong understanding of your teams' strengths and weaknesses. Provide feedback to team members and contribute to career development discussions.

• Work with product management to prioritize planned and unplanned tasks as they happen and influence as needed.

• Actively participate in the roadmap and OKR planning for your teams and contribute ideas to how we build better software

• Identify dependencies that could affect your teams and what they own

The Interview Process

We want our interview process to be a true reflection of our culture: transparent and collaborative. Throughout the interview process your recruiter will guide you through the next steps and ensure you feel prepared every step of the way.

• Our First Chat: During this first conversation you’ll meet with a recruiter to chat through your background what you could bring to Flock what you are looking for in your next role and who we are.

• The Hiring Manager Interview: You will meet with your potential future boss to really dive into the role the team expectations and what success means at Flock. This is your chance to really nerd out with someone in your field.

• The Technical Assessment: Our technical assessments seek to test the hard skills required to do the job. Engineers may find themselves in coding interviews or architecture discussions sales roles may present mock discovery calls and leadership roles may craft 90 day plans. Your recruiter will inform you of which assessment you will be assigned and ensure you are fully prepared for your big day.

• The Panel: Learn more about the team responsibilities and workflows. You should be prepared to speak about past projects how you collaborate and communicate with others and how you live our values. Depending on the team and role you are interviewing for you may meet with several teammates as well as cross-functional partners.

• The Executive Review: A chance to meet an executive in your function and view Flock from a different lens. Be prepared to ask well-thought-out questions about the company culture and more.

Perks

💰 Salary & Equity : In this role you’ll receive a starting salary of $175000-$190000 as well as stock options

🌴 Use what you need PTO : We seriously mean it plus 11 company holidays and your birthday off!

⚕️ Fully-paid health benefits plan for employees : including Medical Dental and Vision and an HSA match.

👪 Family Leave : We provide 16 weeks of 100% paid leave for primary caregivers and 12 weeks of 100% paid leave for secondary caregivers.

🍼 Fertility & Family Benefits: We have partnered with Maven a complete digital health benefit for starting and raising a family. We will reimburse $10000 a year for adoption surrogacy or fertility treatment.

🧠 Mental Health: All employees receive an annual subscription to Headspace

💖 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.

💻WFH Stipend: $150 per month to cover the costs of working from home.

📚L&D Stipend: $250 per year to use on Audible Calm Masterclass Duolingo Grammarly and so much more.

🏠Home Office Stipend: A one-time $750 to help you create your dream office.

🏢Coworking Space: If you’re not local to our ATL HQ we’ll provide $250 a month to get you set up with an All Access Membership to WeWork (or a local coworking space in your area).

🐾 Pet Insurance: We’ve partnered with Pumpkin to provide insurance for our employee’s fur babies.

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 [email protected]. This information will be treated as confidential and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.