Software Engineer, Enterprise

Join Axon and be a force for good. Axon is on a mission to Protect Life, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software.

This role is based out of one of our U.S. based offices (Atlanta, Boston, Scottsdale, Seattle) and follows a hybrid schedule. Team members are expected to work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays unless there is an approved accommodation.

Director, Software Engineering

• Lead technical discovery for new enterprise product concepts: translate ambiguous customer problems into shippable prototypes and measurable experiments.
• Build proofs‑of‑concept that integrate with and build on top of the Axon ecosystem (platform services, identity/access, data, workflows, integrations, hardware).
• Partner closely with Product Management, Design, and customer development partners to validate value, usability, and feasibility.
• Establish architectural direction for concepts that graduate from POC to product‑defining target‑state designs, key technical decisions, and migration paths.
• Set a high bar for security, reliability, privacy, performance, and maintainability appropriate for mission‑critical enterprise environments.
• Drive cross‑team technical alignment: influence APIs, platform capabilities, data contracts, observability standards, and operational readiness.
• Mentor engineers and model strong engineering practices (design docs, iterative delivery, pragmatic testing, incident learnings, and effective reviews).

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent).
• Proven ability to lead technical efforts across teams, align stakeholders, drive architecture decisions, and deliver outcomes.
• Strong system design skills: ability to design for scale, availability, operability, and security, and explain trade‑offs clearly.
• Experience building high‑availability, scalable cloud‑based systems (microservices, event‑driven systems).
• Experience integrating with external software systems.
• Strong collaboration skills with Product and Design; comfortable working from ambiguous requirements and iterating quickly with customer feedback.
• A track record of improving engineering effectiveness through mentorship, technical standards, and pragmatic process improvements.

• Experience building enterprise B2B products, especially in regulated or high‑trust environments (security, compliance, privacy, auditability).
• Experience with identity, authentication/authorization, multi‑tenant architectures, and customer‑managed configurations.
• Experience with data platforms (streaming, analytics, search), integrations, or workflow automation.
• Experience with architecting workflows that span devices and cloud (firmware, edge components, secure networking, ingestion/streaming, and cloud orchestration).
• Hands‑on expertise in observability, reliability engineering, and operational excellence (SLOs, on‑call readiness, incident response).

• 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.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
• Office snacks.

$168,750–$270,000 USD

We are an equal‑opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity, and fosters inclusion. We welcome applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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