Sr Software Engineer Washington, Washington

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.

Today, public safety officers spend up to 2/3 of their time on the job filling out paperwork (sometimes with paper, sometimes with floppy disks). Not only is this tedious for officers, but the never-ending pile of paperwork reduces the amount of time they can spend out in the field, protecting their communities. Axon Records cuts down on paperwork so that officers can spend more time prioritizing the safety of our communities.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the 3P Search team, you will lead the design and evolution of the systems that connect Axon Records to external law enforcement databases and third-party partners.

This team operates at critical system boundaries. We own secure, compliant integrations with NCIC and other state and federal databases, as well as partner-facing APIs that expose Axon Records data to CAD vendors and internal Axon systems. These systems must be correct, reliable, auditable, and resilient in the face of external dependencies.

In this role, you will take ownership of complex backend systems that handle sensitive search workflows and partner integrations. You’ll translate regulatory, operational, and product requirements into well-architected solutions, ensuring that reliability and compliance are built in from the start - not retrofitted later.

As a senior engineer, you are expected to raise the technical bar for the team—leading system design, anticipating failure modes, improving observability and operational rigor, and mentoring engineers as we scale Axon Records’ external search and integration capabilities.

Work Location: This role is based out of our Seattle, WA 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.
Reports to: Senior Manager, Software Engineering
Direct Reports: None, individual contributor role

• Own the design and implementation of complex backend systems supporting NCIC search and third-party integrations
• Design and evolve partner-facing Records APIs, including versioning strategies, data models, authentication, and contract stability
• Lead system design discussions, clearly articulating tradeoffs across reliability, scalability, compliance, and maintainability
• Anticipate and mitigate failure modes across distributed systems with external dependencies (timeouts, retries, idempotency, back pressure, etc.)
• Improve observability, auditability, and operational tooling for search workflows and partner integrations
• Own the design and delivery of end-to-end search workflows, spanning backend systems for NCIC and third-party integrations and frontend applications that initiate and display search results.
• Coordinate technical work across engineers and partner teams to deliver cohesive, end-to-end integration solutions
• Set and uphold a high technical standard through thorough code reviews, design reviews, and a focus on correctness and operational excellence
• Participate in and improve on-call practices; lead incident reviews and drive systemic reliability improvements
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance, pairing, and constructive feedback
• Contribute to planning and execution of projects spanning multiple services, APIs, or integration surfaces

• 9+ years of professional software engineering experience
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical…