Staff Software Engineer

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 ...

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.

You are a Staff Software Engineer who defines the long-term technical vision for a broad domain and aligns multiple teams around durable, business-driven solutions. You own architecture and technical strategy for your group, and you apply deep domain expertise and business acumen to shape investment decisions and ro...

Set a high technical bar for the team through deep technical insights and architecture design reviews
Set group-level AI engineering strategy, aligning tool adoption and platform investments with long-term technical vision and business objectives.
Define and enforce governance for AI-assisted development, including security, compliance, IP, and quality verification standards.
Mentor software senior engineers across multiple teams
Work across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering to solve some of our biggest technical challenges within our stack for our customers
Drive quality, operational readiness, and engineering excellence standards across the group, and define governance and review protocols for major technical decisions.
Build services that adhere to our high bar on availability, performance, and security in this mission-critical space

10+ years of experience in software engineering
Experience building and scaling complex and impactful software products in a team environment
Deep skill in driving technical solutions across multiple teams
Experience designing and delivering high-availability, scalable cloud-based systems
You engage directly in technical work when it accelerates critical outcomes, and you hold strong standards for code quality, system design, and architectural decision-making across the group.
You have a track record of setting the technical and organizational direction for a growing engineering team across multiple global locations
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers toward promotion readiness, conduct calibrated interviews for senior candidates, and partner with leadership on hiring strategy and talent gaps.