Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise
Job Description
Join Axon and be a Force for Good.
At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.
Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.
Your Impact
Enterprise is a new, big market for Axon, comprising of verticals outside of public safety including retail, healthcare, and private security. As a staff software engineer on the Enterprise team, you will be a key technical leader driving the cloud strategy for Axon Evidence in order for us to win in these markets.
Using your experience building large-scale cloud services, you will collaborate with other staff and senior engineers to shape and drive the technical direction for Enterprise. Your strong system design skills will aid you in taking a holistic approach to ensuring our products are bulletproof and fault-tolerant, while meeting demanding interactivity and responsiveness requirements. Your customer-obsession leads you to join forces with product and design to imagine and deliver innovative solutions to key customer problems.
You have a high bar on standards of excellence, and can effectively steer teams to make technical decisions that deliver highly reliable systems. You are a force multiplier, and can coach and mentor the next set of engineering leaders. You foster a friendly, open, introspective culture that encourages everyone to speak their mind and avoid red tape, unnecessary rituals, bureaucracy and politics. You embody our company value of Join Forces, and have zero tolerance for people not willing to collaborate.
As a senior technical contributor, you have a passion for technology, and keep abreast of the latest trends, frameworks, and tools. As a technical leader, you advise our Senior Director of Engineering and Vice President on technical strategy for the wider division, while balancing our business and engineering priorities to help determine the right long-term initiatives and investments.
What You’ll Do
Location: Seattle - Work from home as much as you'd like but live near Seattle so it's easy to collaborate face to face when it's beneficial
Reports to: Senior Director of Engineering
- Leads by example, driving major projects from design to production
- Sets a high bar on standards of excellence, providing deep technical insights during architecture design reviews
- Is an effect mentor, growing engineers into the senior and principal band
- Is customer obsessed, and effectively works back from the customer outcome to build the right solution
- Builds services that adhere to our high bar on availability, performance, and security in this mission-critical space
- Is curious and hungry to learn, and is up to speed on the latest technologies and frameworks
What You Bring
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering
- Has driven technical strategy that impacts across multiple teams
- Expertise in building large scale cloud services, including deep knowledge with different database technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, and queuing systems
- Experience designing and delivering high-availability, scalable cloud-based systems
- Backend cloud experience in managed languages such as Java, Scala, Go, C#, or similar
- Experience working with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)
Benefits that Benefit You
- Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
- Discretionary paid time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Fitness Programs
- Emotional & Mental Wellness support
- Learning & Development programs
- And yes, we have snacks in our offices
The Pay: Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The starting base pay for this role is between USD 168,750 in the lowest geographic market and USD 270,000 in the highest geographic market. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit www.axon.com/careers/benefits.
Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.
Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Important Notes
The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.
Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.
Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.
We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion. We’re committed to hiring the best talent — regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances — and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.
Company Information
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Type: Hybrid