[Remote] Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Flock is dedicated to building technology that reduces crime and protects privacy, partnering with various communities to enhance safety. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in Golang and distributed backend systems to develop reliable backend systems and contribute to architectural discussions.
Responsibilities
- Understand team workflows and processes
- Meet with key stakeholders
- Understand Aviation products and service architecture
- Ability to perform in role with minimal or no guidance
- Participate in API and service architecture reviews
- Contribute to platform architecture improvements and code quality initiatives
- Support platform improvements and scalability projects
- Lead a database and service performance optimization effort
- Act as a technical lead for a mid-sized Go microservice project
Skills
- 3+ years of PostgreSQL experience (querying, schema design, and performance tuning)
- 3+ years of database architecture experience
- 8+ years of backend development experience, including at least 4+ years using Go in production
- Building scalable, high-performance Go microservices
- Proficiency with message queues, pub/sub systems, or event-driven architectures
- Deep knowledge of Go internals and concurrency patterns (goroutines, channels, sync primitives)
- Expertise in profiling and optimizing Go applications for latency and throughput
- Understanding of Go memory management, profiling, and performance optimization
- Designing REST and gRPC APIs consumed by multiple clients and services
- Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana)
- Experience in CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Flexible PTO: We seriously mean it, plus 11 company holidays.
- Fully-paid[health benefits](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XD-LqU1xqrtYWYDr2ZolzJ-iQzKq44dp/view) 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](https://www.mavenclinic.com/), 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](https://www.cariloop.com/) 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: $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.
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