Engineering Manager - Fleet (Player-Coach Role)

What You'll Own

Lead a team of software engineers, supporting their career growth, managing sprint execution, and driving high-performing team dynamics.

• Drive technical strategy, roadmap planning, and microservices design across device monitoring, alerting, and internal health tools.
• Write full-stack code using TypeScript , Node.js , and React to deliver real-time dashboards, web services, and robust APIs.
• Build and manage containerized applications using Docker , Kubernetes (via Helm) , and AWS managed services (S3, API Gateway, SQS) .
• Leverage modern AI-assisted development tools ( GitHub Copilot , Claude , Cursor , etc.) to streamline workflows and boost team delivery speed.

What This Role Is Not

• This isn't a hands-off, purely administrative management job. You will actively review code, contribute to the stack, and solve complex architectural challenges alongside your team.
• This is not an RF hardware or field service management position. You will build the software platform, metric engines, and real-time monitoring infrastructure that power physical device operations.
• This isn't an isolated feature-building role. You will work cross-functionally across multiple engineering and operations teams to solve high-visibility, mission-critical scaling problems.

What You Bring

• Proven track record leading, managing, or mentoring software engineers with a strong focus on team growth and constructive feedback.
• Strong hands-on coding ability with TypeScript / Node.js for backend web services and modern frontend frameworks like React .
• Solid SQL database experience and hands-on familiarity with cloud environments ( AWS S3, API Gateway, SQS ) and container orchestration ( Docker, Kubernetes, Helm ).
• Strategic mindset with experience designing microservices, managing dependencies, and turning complex unknowns into actionable plans.
• Practical comfort using modern AI-assisted engineering tools to optimize team velocity and personal development output.

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.