Senior Embedded Software Engineer II

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.

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 device software that require high stability 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.

Location: Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, Scottsdale (hybrid)

Reports To: Sr Engineering Manager

• Lead engineering architecture design reviews
• Lead key initiatives within Connected Devices
• Set a high technical bar for the team through code and architecture design reviews
• Mentor other engineers, including Senior 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 software that adheres to our high bar on stability and latency in this mission‑critical space
• Work with the latest open source technologies

• 10+ years experience of professional software development in C++, Go, Rust and/or another systems programming language
• 10+ years experience writing unit, integration and/or system level tests
• 5+ years mentoring junior team members and/or leading small teams
• Understanding of Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, run‑time analysis, object‑oriented design and code quality verification
• Experience with Embedded Linux development and/or RTOS

• 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

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

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 148,500 in the lowest geographic market and USD 237,600 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

This role is based out of our Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, or Scottsdale offices 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…