HRIS Software Engineering Lead

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.

Our People Systems team is expanding beyond Workday configuration into custom application development. Over the past year we built a performance review app, req editing workflows, and severance automation tools, and more are in progress. We need a senior engineer to lead the technical work on these products while staying hands‑on as a contributor. This is a player‑coach role. You will write code alongside the team, own our engineering standards, and bring the technical maturity to help us build software that scales.

You will also own Workday security role architecture and provide input on security across our custom applications. Prior HRIS experience is not required; a strong software engineering background with an interest in the people technology space is.

Location:

Seattle, Washington

Reports to:

Director, People Systems & Data

Direct Reports: N/A

• Serve as technical lead on custom application development: architecture decisions, code review standards, and engineering best practices
• Contribute hands‑on development and delivery across the People Systems app suite
• Own Workday security role architecture and access governance (SOX‑compliant)
• Build and maintain integrations between Workday and downstream systems, including our AI application layer and carrier feeds
• Manage Azure and application environments: test/prod, integration monitoring, release readiness
• Partner with People Ops business users to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Collaborate with IT Security on access governance and with Audit and Compliance on a quarterly basis

Required

• Experience serving as technical lead on a software project: architecture decisions, code reviews, and influencing how a team works
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining software in production environments
• Experience working in a structured SDLC: version control, CI/CD, code review practices
• Working knowledge of access governance or security role administration — RBAC, least‑privilege principles, access certification
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity; this team is actively building its engineering practice

Preferred

• Workday experience — security roles, EIB, Studio, Extend, or Prism
• Experience building with LLM APIs or working on AI applications
• Sigma or Power BI
• SOX compliance experience

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.

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Fitness programs
• Emotional & mental wellness support
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• 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 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.

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