Senior Backend Engineer - Rails

About Flock Safety

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 $700M in venture capital from investors including Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Bedrock Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. Now surpassing a $7.5B 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

We are seeking an experienced and skilled Senior Rails Engineer with a deep knowledge of Ruby, Rails, and PostgreSQL. To be right for this role, you should be a “manager of one” who excels both individually and on a team. This role involves architecture, backend Ruby programming, and honing the integrity and performance of a PostgreSQL database where Rails is not the only client. And because we’re a fully-remote team, you should be an excellent writer and asynchronous communicator.

As a senior member of our engineering team, you will have the opportunity to build performant systems, contribute to architectural discussions, and deliver features that matter.

The ideal candidate will have experience with framework-level development — knowledge of Rails internals. Preferably, you’re skilled in techniques for scaling Rails apps, especially apps that demand high performance and reliability.

This position is fully remote (USA only).

Skillset

• 3+ years of PostgreSQL experience (querying and schema architecture)
• 3+ years of database architecture experience.
• 8+ years of Rails development experience.

The ideal candidate will have experience that includes:

• Framework-level development — knowledge of Rails internals.
• Techniques for scaling Rails apps.
• Rails apps with components that demand especially high performance or reliability.
• Rails apps that are not their database's only client.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.

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 Senior Software Engineer Flock Safety.

The First 30 Days

• Understand team workflows and processes
• Meet with key stakeholders
• Understand Aviation products

The First 60 Days

• Ability to perform in role with minimal or no guidance
• Participate in database migration reviews

Job Details

• Salary: $171K - $190K
• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: FullTime