Axon

Senior Software Engineer, Axon AI

Axon
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Base Salary

$169k - $238k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture and delivery for major product surfaces and services from technical design through production operations.
  • Define problems, MVP scope, success metrics, and trade-offs for ambiguous 0→1 product initiatives.
  • Build and ship software AI-natively across planning, implementation, testing, code review, debugging, and operations.
  • Establish AI-native workflows, engineering standards, and guardrails that improve team throughput while maintaining quality.
  • Use engineering metrics such as lead time, PR throughput, defect rates, test coverage, and incident load to improve processes and architecture.
  • Design cloud-native systems that balance speed, scalability, cost, reliability, and security.
  • Conduct code and architecture reviews, mentor engineers, and raise team capability.
  • Partner with Product and Design to prioritize, sequence, and deliver high-value increments.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • 9+ years of software development experience, including ownership of complex production product capabilities.
  • Demonstrated heavy use of AI across the software development lifecycle with evidence of improved delivery speed and maintained or improved quality.
  • Experience scaling AI-native development practices beyond personal use.
  • Strong engineering judgment under uncertainty and the ability to make durable technical trade-offs.
  • Experience designing, building, and operating scalable cloud-native systems with reliability and observability practices.
  • Ability to collaborate across product, design, customers, and platform dependencies and drive alignment without formal authority.
  • Product judgment, including problem framing, MVP definition, success metrics, and measurable customer outcomes.
  • Preferred: startup or internal incubation experience delivering from 0→1 through initial scale.
  • Preferred: experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into product experiences responsibly.
  • Preferred: experience accelerating teams through standards, tooling, workflows, and architectural direction.
  • Preferred: experience contributing to prioritization and discovery in product environments.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and 401k with employer match.
  • Discretionary paid time off and paid parental leave for all.
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • Fitness programs and emotional and mental wellness support.
  • Learning and development programs and employee resource groups.
  • Office snacks.
  • Benefits may vary by employment type and work location.

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About Axon

5,001-10,000 employees

Axon builds TASER energy devices, body and in-car cameras, sensors, and a cloud software suite for managing evidence, records, and real-time operations used by law enforcement, public safety agencies, and enterprises. Revenue comes from hardware sales bundled with SaaS subscriptions and services across its Axon Evidence and Records platforms. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Axon Enterprise is a NASDAQ-listed public company serving police departments and government customers globally.

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