Android Framework 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 is looking to add an Android Framework Engineer to our Device OS Team. No UI components here! We run on headless, custom Android devices. Our Engineering team is made up of driven people who are responsible for all the code running on the variety of devices Flock deploys in the real world. They enable the entire experience by providing Android Applications, Services, and other key components that reliably capture, process, and upload data for years at a time without needing human interaction to keep them running.

How you'll make an impact:

• Take ownership of a feature or module and deliver it with high quality.
• Be responsible for a certain amount of QA and quality of your work.
• Write clean, testable, and automatable code.
• Document your work and test cases, and collaborate with program, product, QA, and other engineering teams.
• Estimate work with reasonable accuracy and communicate adjustments as needed.
• Assist in resolving issues reported in the field.
• Identify and champion new features that will benefit Flock.
• Identify and improve upon deficiencies in our products and processes.
• Give tech talks.

The Skillset

We are looking for people who:

• Bring experience designing versioned service interfaces via AIDL/HIDL to expose device functionality to headless Kotlin apps via a custom SDK.
• Have developed testable service implementations in Rust/C++.
• Have knowledge of the Android build system and best practices for API design between the kernel and apps.
• Have strong Kotlin/Java development experience, including:
• Exposure to coroutines and OS threading concepts such as semaphores, synchronization, and deadlocks.
• Familiarity with the Android profiler, memory leak detection, and memory management.
• Unit testing using JUnit and MockK, using facades and dependency injection.
• Have exposure to or interest in AOSP development, including:
• Shell scripting experience and init.rc.
• Exposure to security and SEPolicy.
• Possess strong debugging skills on custom Android hardware.
• Have the ability to trace app code through different layers of the stack.
• Understand system app development, methodologies, and design patterns.
• Have experience with architecture, design, and documentation.
• Are skilled in Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Gerrit, and Git/GitHub.

Nice to Haves:

• C/C++ skills and expertise with lower levels of the stack, such as the kernel, services, bootloaders, etc.
• Proficient in networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, and network troubleshooting.
• Experience working on Linux platforms, including Embedded Linux.
• Familiarity with tools like Perfetto for debugging and performance analysis.
• Familiarity with Qualcomm-based Android devices.
• Experience with the Qualcomm Camera Stack.
• Experience with the Rust programming language.
• Ability to write automation shell scripts to improve personal and team productivity.

90 Days at Flock

We are a results-oriented culture and believe job descriptions are a thing of the past. We subscribe 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 are hired as an Android Framework Engineer at Flock Safety.

The First 30 Days

• Learn as much as possible about Flock's devices, cloud systems, and customer requirements.
• Familiarize yourself with members of the Engineering Team.
• Understand Flock's device product goals and system design.

The First 60 Days

• Contribute to system app development.
• Contribute to system services development.
• Improve and expand the tools and services available to other engineers.

90 Days & Beyond

• Become a key contributor to our system apps and services.
• Be a key contributor in developing new products and the next generation of our platform.
• Play a central role in streamlining code to ensure it supports multiple platforms.

The Perks

💰Salary & Equity: In this role, you’ll receive a starting salary of $130,000-$150,000 as well as stock options

🌴Flexible PTO: We seriously mean it, 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. We will reimburse $10,000 a year for adoption, surrogacy, or fertility.

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

.

💖Caregiver Support: We have partnered with Cariloop

to provide our employees with caregiver support

💚ERGs: We want all employees to thrive and feel like they belong at Flock. We offer three ERGs today - Women of Flock, Flock Proud, and Melanin Motion. If you are interested in talking to a representative from one of these, please let your recruiter know.

💸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.

📚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

🐾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 careers@flocksafety.com. This information will be treated as confidential and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.

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.