Senior Software Engineer , Product Development

Senior Software Engineer I, New Product Development

Seattle, Washington, United States

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

As a senior engineer on the team, you will be intimately involved in the architecture decisions that will shape this product. You live and breathe cloud services that require high availability and fast, consistent performance. You love working with the latest open‑source technologies, and can leverage your system design skills to make the right technical decisions on a system that needs to be bullet‑proof.

Not only can you drive decisions among competing engineering trade‑offs, your empathy with customers allows you to intuit innovative solutions for our customer problems. You will be working closely with product managers and designers to ensure we are building the right solution for our customers. You also enjoy mentoring other engineers, and love to be a hands‑on teacher helping to up‑level the engineers around you.

Join us to work with a passionate, mission‑driven group of folks who want to positively impact the lives of first responders and those that they serve.

What You’ll Do

Location:

This role is based out of our Seattle office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in‑person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in‑office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

• Set a high technical bar for the team through code and architecture design reviews

• Mentor engineers

• Work across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering to create integrated solutions that delight our customers

• Improve our Engineering process, including long‑term thinking, sprint planning and stand‑ups

• Build services that adhere to our high bar on availability and latency in this mission‑critical space

• Work with the latest open‑source technologies

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

• 6+ years of professional software development experience

• Experience designing and delivering highly‑available, scalable cloud‑based systems

• Backend service experience in multiple, managed languages such as Java, Scala, Go, C#, or similar

• Experience working with SQL or No

SQL data stores

• Experience with Java, Golang or Scala programming is a plus

Benefits that Benefit You

• Competitive salary and 401(k) with employer match

• Discretionary time off

• Paid parental leave for all

• Fitness programs

• Emotional & Development programs

• And yes, we have snacks in our offices

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.

The Pay

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 141,000 in the lowest geographic market and USD 225,600 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

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…