Staff Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Come work in an environment where your experience, judgment, and technical leadership will directly contribute to products that help deliver better outcomes in public safety.
• Set a high technical bar through architecture leadership, deep technical insight, and thoughtful design reviews.
• Drive technical direction across one or more DEMS domains, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and resilient.
• Partner across Engineering, Product, Design, and adjacent teams to solve some of the most important and ambiguous technical challenges in the DEMS space.
• Lead the design and evolution of backend services, APIs, data flows, and system integrations that support mission-critical workflows.
• Identify systemic risks and opportunities, and drive improvements in reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers across teams and help grow future technical leaders.
• Improve engineering effectiveness by introducing better patterns, simplifying complexity, and supporting high-quality execution.
• Contribute directly to implementation where needed, especially in high-leverage or high-risk areas.
• What You Bring
• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building and scaling complex software products in a collaborative team environment.
• Deep expertise in backend systems and distributed system design.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms and production service operations.
• Experience driving technical solutions across multiple teams or broad product areas.
• Strong understanding of system design, reliability, performance, observability, and security.
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Track record of writing clean, maintainable, production-grade code.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction and organizational outcomes without relying on formal authority.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Highly Valued
• Experience in enterprise SaaS, mission-critical systems, compliance-sensitive domains, or workflow-heavy platforms.
• Experience with evidence management, records systems, chain-of-custody concepts, or highly trusted data systems.
• Experience supporting hybrid, on-prem, or cloud-connected product architectures.
• Familiarity with languages and platforms commonly used in modern backend environments such as Java, Go, C#, Python, or similar.
• Benefits that benefit you
• Competitive base salary and RSUs
• Comprehensive pension plan with matching contribution
• Private health insurance & cash plans
• 30 days paid holiday + UK public holidays
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• GymPass subscription
• Life assurance & income protection
• Career growth support and wellness resources
• Don't meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we wan

Benefits

Additional Information

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.

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