Flock Safety

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Atlanta, Georgia

May 15, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

It was a quick pace, and I got through three interviews in two days. Overall, it was a very friendly bunch of people. I was a little annoyed that the only reason the offer slipped away was because someone else was already far along in the process, but that could've been the reason that they were rushing through my process.

Questions

They wanted to know my experience with AWS and scaling APIs.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Flock Safety Senior Software Engineer role in Atlanta, Georgia.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Flock Safety's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Atlanta, Georgia is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral0%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Flock Safety's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Atlanta, Georgia.

Flock Safety Work Experiences

Fast paced work, high quality co-workers, great product

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 1, 2024

Pros: - Flock hires great people who are great at what they do. I am yet to work with someone at Flock who doesn't excel in their role. - There is transparency from leadership. - We have unlimited PTO. - There is flexibility from management.

Cons: - The fast pace may not be for everyone

Fast paced work, high quality co-workers, great product

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 1, 2024

Pros: - Flock hires great people who are great at what they do. I am yet to work with someone at Flock who doesn't excel in their role. - There is transparency from leadership. - We have unlimited PTO. - There is flexibility from management.

Cons: - The fast pace may not be for everyone

Great if you're into one-upping each other to survive

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

August 20, 2025

Pros: Pay was inline with industry norms. Interesting tech: drones, LPR & video surveillance cameras. One-time stipend given to upgrade your remote office gear.

Cons: Team members compete against each other for attention in meetings and for fixing endless production issues. Hero culture - your value is proportional to the number of things you can fix and the how much time you spend talking and making suggestions in daily meetings. Meetings rarely result in useful solutions, changes or ways to proceed. Dev teams are siloed, hardware and backend architecture is fundamentally broken, undocumented and needlessly complex. A ton of reinventing or hacking of open source libraries, protocols, etc. Devs drop assigned work and work on things they think will give them the most praise/value. Management forces pushing incomplete, under-tested firmware/software into production. Getting "let go" is stealthy, sudden an brutal - no severance.

Great if you're into one-upping each other to survive

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

August 20, 2025

Pros: Pay was inline with industry norms. Interesting tech: drones, LPR & video surveillance cameras. One-time stipend given to upgrade your remote office gear.

Cons: Team members compete against each other for attention in meetings and for fixing endless production issues. Hero culture - your value is proportional to the number of things you can fix and the how much time you spend talking and making suggestions in daily meetings. Meetings rarely result in useful solutions, changes or ways to proceed. Dev teams are siloed, hardware and backend architecture is fundamentally broken, undocumented and needlessly complex. A ton of reinventing or hacking of open source libraries, protocols, etc. Devs drop assigned work and work on things they think will give them the most praise/value. Management forces pushing incomplete, under-tested firmware/software into production. Getting "let go" is stealthy, sudden an brutal - no severance.

Horrible Management In Engineering Org

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

January 20, 2026

Pros: Good Comp Opportunities to work on projects that make a big impact Fast-paced environment (this is also a con) Continuing education stipend Talented and helpful co-workers

Cons: There is horrible management in the eng org. High frequency of PIPs and terminations lead to low team morale. There are ethical concerns with respect to how law enforcement uses data collected by Flock devices. There are extremely high productivity expectations with a strong emphasis on speed over quality. There is very little positive feedback or encouragement from management. It felt like nothing was ever good enough. Long working hours are common. I commonly worked 60hr weeks. Code reviews often devolve into discussions over highly subjective preferences. There is a heavy emphasis on job titles. There is a strong “good-old-boys” dynamic and perceived favoritism.

Horrible Management In Engineering Org

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

January 20, 2026

Pros: Good Comp Opportunities to work on projects that make a big impact Fast-paced environment (this is also a con) Continuing education stipend Talented and helpful co-workers

Cons: There is horrible management in the eng org. High frequency of PIPs and terminations lead to low team morale. There are ethical concerns with respect to how law enforcement uses data collected by Flock devices. There are extremely high productivity expectations with a strong emphasis on speed over quality. There is very little positive feedback or encouragement from management. It felt like nothing was ever good enough. Long working hours are common. I commonly worked 60hr weeks. Code reviews often devolve into discussions over highly subjective preferences. There is a heavy emphasis on job titles. There is a strong “good-old-boys” dynamic and perceived favoritism.

Fast paced work, high quality co-workers, great product

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 1, 2024

Pros: - Flock hires great people who are great at what they do. I am yet to work with someone at Flock who doesn't excel in their role. - There is transparency from leadership. - We have unlimited PTO. - There is flexibility from management.

Cons: - The fast pace may not be for everyone

5.0
Fast paced work, high quality co-workers, great product
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Baltimore, MD
October 1, 2024
Pros: - Flock hires great people who are great at what they do. I am yet to work with someone at Flock who doesn't excel in their role. - There is transparency from leadership. - We have unlimited PTO. - There is flexibility from management.
Cons: - The fast pace may not be for everyone

Great if you're into one-upping each other to survive

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

August 20, 2025

Pros: Pay was inline with industry norms. Interesting tech: drones, LPR & video surveillance cameras. One-time stipend given to upgrade your remote office gear.

Cons: Team members compete against each other for attention in meetings and for fixing endless production issues. Hero culture - your value is proportional to the number of things you can fix and the how much time you spend talking and making suggestions in daily meetings. Meetings rarely result in useful solutions, changes or ways to proceed. Dev teams are siloed, hardware and backend architecture is fundamentally broken, undocumented and needlessly complex. A ton of reinventing or hacking of open source libraries, protocols, etc. Devs drop assigned work and work on things they think will give them the most praise/value. Management forces pushing incomplete, under-tested firmware/software into production. Getting "let go" is stealthy, sudden an brutal - no severance.

1.0
Great if you're into one-upping each other to survive
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Atlanta, GA
August 20, 2025
Pros: Pay was inline with industry norms. Interesting tech: drones, LPR & video surveillance cameras. One-time stipend given to upgrade your remote office gear.
Cons: Team members compete against each other for attention in meetings and for fixing endless production issues. Hero culture - your value is proportional to the number of things you can fix and the how much time you spend talking and making suggestions in daily meetings. Meetings rarely result in useful solutions, changes or ways to proceed. Dev teams are siloed, hardware and backend architecture is fundamentally broken, undocumented and needlessly complex. A ton of reinventing or hacking of open source libraries, protocols, etc. Devs drop assigned work and work on things they think will give them the most praise/value. Management forces pushing incomplete, under-tested firmware/software into production. Getting "let go" is stealthy, sudden an brutal - no severance.

Horrible Management In Engineering Org

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

January 20, 2026

Pros: Good Comp Opportunities to work on projects that make a big impact Fast-paced environment (this is also a con) Continuing education stipend Talented and helpful co-workers

Cons: There is horrible management in the eng org. High frequency of PIPs and terminations lead to low team morale. There are ethical concerns with respect to how law enforcement uses data collected by Flock devices. There are extremely high productivity expectations with a strong emphasis on speed over quality. There is very little positive feedback or encouragement from management. It felt like nothing was ever good enough. Long working hours are common. I commonly worked 60hr weeks. Code reviews often devolve into discussions over highly subjective preferences. There is a heavy emphasis on job titles. There is a strong “good-old-boys” dynamic and perceived favoritism.

1.0
Horrible Management In Engineering Org
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
January 20, 2026
Pros: Good Comp Opportunities to work on projects that make a big impact Fast-paced environment (this is also a con) Continuing education stipend Talented and helpful co-workers
Cons: There is horrible management in the eng org. High frequency of PIPs and terminations lead to low team morale. There are ethical concerns with respect to how law enforcement uses data collected by Flock devices. There are extremely high productivity expectations with a strong emphasis on speed over quality. There is very little positive feedback or encouragement from management. It felt like nothing was ever good enough. Long working hours are common. I commonly worked 60hr weeks. Code reviews often devolve into discussions over highly subjective preferences. There is a heavy emphasis on job titles. There is a strong “good-old-boys” dynamic and perceived favoritism.

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