This is not a “mobile app” role in the usual sense. You’ll be building headless Android applications that run on embedded LPR devices, owning stability, performance, and fleet-level reliability while working closely with ML and hardware teams on performance-critical imaging features.
About Flock Safety
Flock Safety is a safety technology platform helping communities take a proactive approach to crime prevention and security. Their hardware and software connect cities, law enforcement, schools, businesses, and neighborhoods into a nationwide public-private safety network, with an emphasis on privacy and responsible innovation. They’re scaling fast and building real-world systems that must perform reliably in the field.
Schedule
Full-time, remote (USA)
Department: Engineering
Headless embedded Android applications on custom devices (fleet reliability and performance focus)
What You’ll Do
⦁ Drive stability and high performance for Flock’s embedded LPR platform through headless Android applications
⦁ Own the quality, low-level performance, and long-term reliability of fleet applications running on custom hardware
⦁ Master the full system architecture across embedded software, device behavior, and performance constraints
⦁ Rapidly integrate critical features, including new versions of the nativeML library and imaging solutions
⦁ Collaborate closely with ML and hardware teams to ship performance-critical improvements
⦁ Read and adapt quickly within a large existing codebase while improving maintainability and stability
⦁ Define testing criteria, help develop tests, and partner with QA on test plans for new features
⦁ Support feature launches, including daily monitoring of deployed devices to ensure health and performance
What You Need
⦁ Strong Kotlin experience
⦁ Experience developing camera and image-processing applications
⦁ Strong debugging skills, including debugging on custom Android hardware
⦁ Experience with headless Android embedded systems
⦁ Strong understanding of Android app development patterns, methodologies, and design practices
⦁ Ability to move fast in a large codebase and ramp quickly
⦁ Experience building and shipping custom Android devices
⦁ Comfort working with architecture, design, and documentation
⦁ Experience with common engineering tooling: Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Gerrit, Git/GitHub
⦁ Bonus: experience building dashboards to monitor device and fleet health
Benefits
⦁ Salary range: $171,000–$200,000
⦁ Equity (stock options)
⦁ Use-what-you-need PTO plus 11 company holidays and your birthday off
⦁ Fully paid health benefits (medical, dental, vision) with HSA match
⦁ 12 weeks paid parental leave (plus additional recovery time for birthing parents)
⦁ Fertility and family benefits (up to $50,000 lifetime maximum for eligible adoption, surrogacy, or fertility expenses)
⦁ Mental health support (annual Headspace subscription)
⦁ Caregiver support resources
⦁ Work-from-home stipend: $150/month
⦁ Learning and development stipend: $250/year
⦁ Home office stipend: one-time $750
⦁ Pet insurance option
If you’re the engineer who cares about frame timing, device health, and “this cannot crash in the field,” this is your playground. Ship the invisible stuff that keeps the whole platform standing.
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