Sr Software Engineer II

Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

At Axon were on a mission to Protect Life. Were explorers pursuing societys 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 youll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

About the Role

Axons Real Time Operations (RTO) division builds situational awareness software that helps emergency responders manage life-and-death incidents. You will lead the design and scale-out of thecloud control planethat provisions secures and orchestrates Axons global IoT device fleets. The systems you build will ingest and act on real-time signals at planet scale with tight SLOs for command/response and device health. Your work will directly improve response times reduce cognitive load for dispatch and command center operators and increase responder safety.

What Youll Do

Work Location: This role is based out of our London 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.

• Own control-plane architecturefor multi-tenant planet-scale IoT fleets: device provisioning and lifecycle device identity & PKI configuration/state management (twin/shadow) command & control policy/RBAC enforcement OTA updates and rollout strategies and authoritative device state.
• Drive reliability safety and security-by-design: zero-trust defaults mutual TLS certificate rotation at scale least-privilege key management (HSM/KMS) robust secrets hygiene threat modeling and defense-in-depth for multi-tenancy.
• Lead cross-org technical strategy:set engineering standards (APIs versioning deprecation rollout testing) create long-range roadmaps and mentor/level-up senior engineers across cloud and device teams.
• Partner with device teamson transport and protocol choices schema and API contracts edgecloud sync models staged rollouts failure injection and field-safe rollback.
• Establish end-to-end observability(metrics tracing structured/audit logs) actionable dashboards incident response runbooks and capacity planning with empirical load testing and cost guardrails.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 yearsbuilding and operating distributed systems at scale; proven track record of owning critical paths and SLOs.
• Deep expertise incontrol planes service discovery orchestration partitioning/placement andconsistency models(CAP tradeoffs CRDTs leader/follower quorum).
• Strong coding inGo(also acceptable:Java/Rust); design-first mindset profiling and performance tuning (allocations tail latency lock contention).
• Cloud-native foundations:Kubernetes containersservice mesh (Istio/Envoy)gRPC/HTTP/2 backpressure and circuit-breaking patterns.
• Streaming/eventing:Kafka/NATS/Pub-Sub schema evolution (Protobuf/Avro) idempotency keys and exactly-once vs at-least-once tradeoffs.
• Security:mTLSOAuth/OIDCJWTx.509HSM/KMS structured threat modeling and mitigation.

Preferred Qualifications

• IoT protocols & fleet ops:MQTTWebSockets device twin/shadow patterns andFIDO Device Onboarding (FDO).
• Hardware root of trust:TPM / TPM 2.0fundamentalsmeasured/verified boot device identity & remote attestation key sealing/unsealingand integrating TPM-backed identity with cloudHSM/KMS.
• Large-scale telemetry pipelines time-series storage adaptive sampling backpressure and edgecloud synchronization.
• Multi-regionactive/active blue/green and canary for device fleets ring-based or attribute-based rollout tooling with automatic pause/rollback.
• Experience in regulated or safety-critical domains (e.g.public safety medical automotive) with audit and compliance rigor.

Why Axon

• Mission you can see:Your work directly helps first responders move faster with clearer context improving community safety.
• Scale and complexity:Build a global multi-region control plane for millions of devices with tight SLOs and strict security.
• Growth:Influence technical strategy across cloud and device teams; mentor senior engineers; pursue Staff leadership paths.
• Compensation & support:Competitive pay and equity comprehensive benefits and generous leave.
• Environment:Own It culture that values engineering excellence pragmatic safety-at-scale and measurable outcomes.

Ready to lead at planet scaleApply to help us build the control plane that powers real-time operations for public safety worldwide.

Benefits that Benefit You

• 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
• And yes we have snacks in our offices

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.

The Pay: Axon is a total compensation company meaning compensation is made up of base pay bonus and stock awards. The starting base pay for this role is between USD 148500 in the lowest geographic market and USD 237600 in the highest geographic market. 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. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit meet every single requirement Thats ok. At Axon we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If youre excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification listed here we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Important Notes

The above job description is not intended as nor should it be construed as exhaustive of all duties responsibilities skills efforts or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

Axons mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axons impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental health and safety regulations policies and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice advances equity values diversity and fosters inclusion. Were committed to hiring the best talent regardless of race creed color ancestry religion sex (including pregnancy) national origin sexual orientation age citizenship status marital status disability gender identity genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process please email. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.