Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This role stands out in the SaaS ecosystem because it sits at the intersection of cloud software and real-world connectivity, supporting a product delivered as an ongoing service rather than a one-off device deployment. The work touches the reliability layer that SaaS companies increasingly depend on when their applications extend into edge hardware, fleets, or always-on field operations, where uptime and telemetry quality directly shape the customer experience.
From a SaaS career perspective, the remit builds durable skills in operating and improving production systems through instrumentation, automated diagnostics, and performance analysis. Experience spanning Linux user space, driver layers, and cloud logging pipelines maps well to SaaS environments that prize observability, incident learning, and iterative optimisation. The cross-functional collaboration described also mirrors how SaaS teams typically ship, with engineering decisions informed by data and feedback loops.
This position is best suited to an early-career engineer who prefers hands-on problem solving and enjoys moving between software layers rather than specialising narrowly. It fits someone motivated by measurable system behaviour, comfortable testing against real hardware, and interested in roles where software quality is defined by latency, throughput, and resilience in the field.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
The Problem
As Flock scales our Drone as a First Responder solutions across complex outdoor environments, maintaining uninterrupted high-definition video streaming and low-latency telemetry data paths is essential to real-time operations. Expanding our connectivity architecture across non-line-of-sight terrestrial and aerial systems requires software engineers who can integrate physical radio hardware into embedded stacks. You will write software across Linux user space and driver layers, evaluate link statistics, and optimize wireless communication for our autonomous fleets.
What You'll Own
Integrate off-the-shelf and custom radio hardware into our drone connectivity architecture across Wi-Fi and cellular stacks.
Write, test, and maintain software routines across the Linux user space and driver layers using C, C++, and Python.
Develop automated routines to extract, log, and analyze wireless link performance metrics such as RSSI, SNR, and packet loss.
Collaborate with cross-functional RF, embedded systems, and cloud teams to design rate adaptation algorithms for dynamic flight environments.
Run flight data analyses and perform hardware-in-the-loop testing in connectivity labs to validate real-world aerial performance.
What This Role is Not
This isn't an RF hardware board design role, you'll collaborate closely with RF engineers, but your focus is writing software, drivers, and user-space code.
This is not a purely theoretical research position, you will work hands-on with physical radios, embedded systems, and real aircraft flight data in our testing lab.
This isn't a siloed backend job, you'll contribute across the full connectivity stack spanning embedded firmware, user-space tools, and cloud logging pipelines.
What You Bring
Solid foundational programming skills in C, C++, and Python alongside basic software development tooling like Git and debugging utilities.
Demonstrated capability in Linux environments and a technical understanding of networking concepts or embedded systems.
Practical exposure to wireless communications, networking, or microcontrollers through academic coursework, student design teams, research labs, or personal projects.
Communication skills and a strong drive to learn from senior engineers while building complex autonomous technology.
A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related technical field.
Experience with wireless standards like 802.11 or 5G, single-board computers, SDRs, or robotics design teams is a plus.
Compensation
In this role, you'll receive a starting salary between $100,000 and $160,000 as well as Flock Stock Options. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education/training, as well as market indicators. Your recruiter will discuss this in depth with you during our first chat.
Why Flock
Every community deserves to be safe. Flock builds the technology that makes that real: last year we supported over 1 million criminal investigations and helped locate more than 10,000 missing people. We're 1,700 people building the impossible with over $1B in funding, and the expectations are high on purpose. If you want a role where the stakes are real and the pace matches, this is it.
Some problems get solved faster in the same room, so we prioritize candidates in Atlanta and Boston. Hub-based roles mean real in-person time with your coworkers. Remote roles exist, and when a posting is open to remote work, it says so.
Building the impossible takes every kind of mind. Flock is an equal opportunity employer, and we know the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills working together with mutual respect. Everyone is welcome to apply. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, email recruiting@flocksafety.com; your information stays confidential and is used only to arrange the right accommodation for your interviews.
On compensation: we pay fairly for the work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience, education, training, and market indicators. The range in this posting covers base salary only and doesn't include equity, sales bonus plans where applicable, or benefits. The range may be adjusted over time, and this posting may span more than one career level.
One last thing: all legitimate communication from Flock comes from an email ending in @flocksafety.com or noreply@ashbyhq.com. We never make offers through messaging apps or third parties, and we never request payment or sensitive personal information during hiring. If you encounter suspicious outreach about a Flock role, report it to recruiting@flocksafety.com.
