Software Engineer

• ALPR Integration - Build the pipeline that connects vehicle-mounted or phone-based license plate recognition cameras to our backend. Process plate reads in real time, match against permit databases, and trigger automated violation workflows
• Mobile Patrol App - Develop a cross-platform app (React Native or Flutter) used by patrol officers nightly to scan plates, issue citations, capture photos, log GPS routes, and sync everything to the cloud in real time - including offline-first support for areas with poor connectivity
• Web Dashboard - Build the property manager and HOA board-facing portal: citation management, repeat offender tracking, GPS route playback, compliance analytics, and exportable reports
• Camera & Hardware Integration - Integrate with Axon body camera APIs, ALPR hardware (OpenALPR / Rekor / custom edge models), and GPS tracking devices
• Backend & Data - Design APIs, data models, and infrastructure to handle real-time plate reads, image storage, violation history, and multi-tenant property management

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React or Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS / Bootstrap
• Mobile: React Native or Flutter (iOS + Android)
• Backend: Python (FastAPI / Django) or Node.js
• Database: PostgreSQL, Redis for caching and real-time events
• ALPR / Vision: OpenALPR, Rekor Scout, or custom OCR models (OpenCV, Tesseract, YOLO-based plate detection)
• Cloud: AWS (S3, Lambda, EC2) or GCP - image storage, serverless processing, CDN
• Mapping: Leaflet.js / Mapbox for GPS route visualization and geofencing
• Real-Time: WebSockets or MQTT for live patrol tracking and instant plate match alerts

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong full-stack skills - you’re comfortable shipping a React frontend, a Python/Node API, and the database layer beneath it
• Experience building or integrating with mobile apps (React Native or Flutter preferred)
• Familiarity with computer vision, OCR, or image processing pipelines (ALPR experience is a major plus but not required - willingness to learn is)
• Comfortable with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP) - deploying services, managing storage, setting up CI/CD
• Experience with real-time systems: WebSockets, MQTT, push notifications, or event-driven architectures
• Self-starter who can take a rough idea and turn it into working software without hand-holding
• Bonus: experience with mapping/GIS, geofencing, edge computing, or hardware integrations
• Must be legally eligible for employment
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen
• Must reside within the Phoenix Area

$60,232.52 - $80,548.84 a year - Part-time, Contract, * Early-stage opportunity with significant ownership - you’ll architect systems from scratch, not maintain someone else’s code

• Build real software that patrol officers use every night in the field and property managers rely on every morning
• Work on a genuinely interesting technical problem: real-time ALPR + mobile + cloud in a domain most engineers haven’t touched
• Small team, no bureaucracy, fast iteration - your code ships this week, not next quarter

Pay: $60,232.52 - $80,548.84 per year