Senior Site Reliability Engineer I
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Job Location:
Boston, NH - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 150000 - 180000
Posted on:
21 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 SRE on the APX SRE CloudOps team you will design and build the cloud infrastructure and automation platforms that Axons product engineering teams depend on. You will architect solutions for multi-cloud environments (Azure AWS) FedRAMP compliance boundaries and large-scale Kubernetes platforms serving production workloads across multiple regions. You will spend a significant portion of your time writing code: building services APIs and internal tooling using languages like Go and Python. You will also participate in on-call rotations and incident response using operational experience to drive reliability improvements and inform platform investment. This role combines software engineering depth with cloud architecture at scale and production ownership.
Location - This role is based out of our Atlanta Seattle or Boston 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.
What Youll Do
- Design and implement services APIs and automation tooling that improve cloud infrastructure reliability scalability and operational efficiency.
- Write production-quality code in Go Python or similar. Lead design reviews and set code quality standards within the team.
- Build robust easy-to-use foundational platforms and tools that enable engineering teams to provision services rapidly consistently securely and cost-effectively.
- Architect cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS including Kubernetes platforms networking and identity boundaries.
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident response. Use operational experience to identify systemic reliability risks and drive platform improvements.
- Foresee and mitigate risks in infrastructure design: single points of failure scaling bottlenecks security gaps and compliance drift.
- Influence and educate the engineering organization to adopt new and improved architectural patterns.
- Leverage AI tooling and agentic workflows to accelerate engineering delivery and operational automation.
- Provide robust documentation for use by engineers to promote self-service.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code review design guidance and pairing.
What You Bring
- This position involves handling of classified federal data; under federal regulations it is open to U.S. citizens only.
- 8 years of applicable experience in software engineering cloud infrastructure or site reliability engineering.
- Experience designing and operating cloud platforms at scale across Azure AWS or similar.
- Proficiency in one or more managed languages (Go Python Java C#) in the context of building services not just scripting.
- Experience architecting and operating Kubernetes platforms (AKS EKS or similar) at production scale.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform CloudFormation CDK or similar) for managing multi-environment multi-region infrastructure.
- Experience utilizing CI/CD platforms to automate provisioning infrastructure software builds tests and releases.
- Experience using observability tools such as APM logging and metrics to assist with debugging issues.
- Track record of leading design reviews writing technical proposals and setting engineering standards within a team.
- Builder-operator mindset with proven production ownership (uptime SLOs on-call incident leadership).
- Experience mentoring engineers and conducting technical interviews.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools to accelerate engineering workflows is a strong plus.
Benefits that Benefit You
- Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
- Discretionary time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical Dental Vision plans
- Fitness Programs
- Emotional & 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.
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
$150000 - $180000 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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Senior IC
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
