Senior Software Engineer II, Vehicle Intelligence
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Job Location:
Seattle, OR - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 148500 - 237600
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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.
Your Impact
As a Senior Software Engineer II in the Real Time Operations pillar at Axon you will be intimately involved in the architecture decisions that will shape our Vehicle Intelligence / Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) products. You live and breathe distributed systems APIs and full stack services that require high availability and fast consistent performance. You love working with the latest open source technologies and can leverage your system design skills to make the right technical decisions on a system that needs to be operationally resilient.
Not only can you drive decisions among competing engineering trade-offs your empathy with customers allows you to develop innovative solutions for our customer problems. You will be working closely with product managers and designers to ensure we are building the right solution for our customers. You also enjoy mentoring other engineers and love to be a hands-on teacher helping to up level the engineers around you.
Join us to work with a passionate mission-driven group of folks who want to positively impact the lives of first responders and those that they serve.
What Youll Do
Location: 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.
Reports to: Director of Engineering
Direct Reports: None
- Impact the development and design; launching new features and initiatives
- Lead engineering architecture design reviews
- Set a high technical bar for the team through code and architecture design reviews
- Mentoring & coaching engineers
- Working across teams with Product Design and Engineering to create integrated solutions that delight our customers
- Identify improvements to raise our engineering process including long-term thinking
- Building services that adhere to our high bar on availability and latency in this mission-critical space
- Scaling our APIs cloud services and ingestion pipelines
- Working with the latest Agentic AI engineering tools (Claude OpenAI / Codex Cursor)
What You Bring
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
- 8 years of professional software development experience
- Experience designing and delivering highly-available scalable cloud-based systems
- Backend service experience in multiple managed languages such as Go Java Python or similar
- Experience with frontend technologies including React or Angular
- Experience working with SQL or NoSQL data stores such as MySQL Cassandra elasticsearch
- You leverage AI agents & tools for the tasks theyre built for freeing you to focus on the work that requires human creativity judgment and delivering value to customers
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
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- 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.
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. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit Pay Range
$148500 - $237600 USD
Dont 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.
We collect personal information from applicants to evaluate candidates for employment. You may request access deletion or exercise other CCPA rights ator via ourAxon Privacy Web Form. For more information please see the Your California Privacy Rights section of ourApplicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.
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.
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About Company
The Axon Network connects people, devices, and apps to protect life in all regards. From our TASER smart weapons, to police body cameras, to our industry-leading cloud-based evidence management software, we are the world’s premier public safety company and are committed to delivering ... View more
