Senior Software Engineer, Pipeline

**Location** ------------ Remote \- USA **Employment Type** ------------------- Full time **Location Type** ----------------- Remote **Department** -------------- Engineering **Compensation** ---------------- * $172K – $200K • Offers Equity Where you fall within the compensation range is based on how you demonstrate the attributes and competencies required for the role. We mostly reserve the upper half of our compensation bands for internal growth. During your call with one of our recruiters, they can further clarify the salary range and our total compensation. Overview**The Problem** =============== As Flock continues to expand to more customers, our pipeline systems must process billions of daily assets in real time with ultra\-low latency. Accommodating this rapid workload expansion demands strong architectural design, backend optimization, and distributed systems scaling. You will solve critical scaling bottlenecks, optimize data processing pipelines, and build resilient infrastructure that supports our growing customer base. **What You'll Own** =================== * Architect, scale, and maintain high\-throughput backend data pipelines handling real\-time asset ingestion across microservices. * Optimize PostgreSQL database performance, pub/sub architectures, and distributed storage systems under heavy traffic loads. * Lead service migrations toward Go\-heavy patterns while maintaining performant TypeScript backend services. * Collaborate cross\-functionally with Hardware, Machine Learning, Web, Mobile, and Data Science teams to design and deploy new pipeline features. * Act as a technical domain expert by conducting code reviews, mentoring peer engineers, and driving engineering best practices across the pipeline ecosystem. **What This Role is Not** ========================= * This isn't a front\-end or client\-side engineering position, your daily focus centers strictly on high\-scale backend data processing and microservice architecture. * This is not a purely theoretical research role, you will take ambiguous problems, map out concrete technical plans, and ship production\-grade code. * This isn't a siloed individual contribution, you will actively collaborate across adjacent engineering disciplines and mentor junior engineers. **What You Bring** ================== * Deep proficiency in TypeScript backend patterns alongside proficiency or strong capability to scale up quickly in Go. * Demonstrated capability in designing and operating distributed systems and microservice architectures under heavy data ingestion loads. * Strong backend database and pub/sub experience leveraging PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, Redis, SQS, or SNS, including query optimization. * Practical cloud infrastructure experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized deployment workflows. * Excellent cross\-functional communication skills with a track record of collaborating across hardware, data science, and application en