Senior Software Engineer II

Axon; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading technology company focused on public safety as a Senior Engineer, responsible for designing and delivering the Axon Alerts platform. You will lead architectural reviews, mentor team members, and improve operational processes, contributing to the mission of Protect Life in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

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

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing highly-available, scalable cloud systems.
• Proficient in Java, Scala, Go, C#, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design reviews for the Axon Alerts platform.
• Build services ensuring high availability and low latency.
• Mentor engineers and improve engineering processes.

Skills

Software Development

Cloud Systems Design

Backend Service Development

SQL and NoSQL Databases

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

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.

Your Impact

Axon Fusus is a cloud-based Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) platform developed by Axon to enhance public safety operations through integrated situational awareness. It consolidates live video, sensor data, and analytics from diverse sources including body-worn cameras, drones, fixed surveillance, and Automated License Plate Recognition into a unified interface accessible via command centers or mobile devices. The platform supports features like real-time location mapping of officers and resources, AI-driven alerts, and live video streaming which empower officers with timely intelligence. The platform is open and supports interoperability with a wide range of third-party technologies, while community engagement tools facilitate collaboration with residents and businesses to share camera feeds and tips. By providing a comprehensive, real-time view of unfolding situations, Axon Fusus aids in faster decision-making, and improved public safety outcomes

As a senior engineer on the Axon Alerts team, you’ll be directly responsible for the design, development and delivery of the Axon Alerts platform. The platform ensures the right people are notified about the right information at the right time. You will be responsible for the system which ingests events from a range of 1P and 3P devices sources, the process of enriching with additional metadata, applying rules to determine recipients, and delivering alerts across a range of channels. You’ll also be responsible for the guidance and mentorship of the other engineers on the team. Operational excellence processes, metrics and dashboards are at the heart of our promise to keep our systems running 99.999%, even when bad days happen and the system unusually spikes.

What You'll Do Location: London
Reports to: Senior Engineering Manager

• Lead engineering architecture design reviews
• Building services that adhere to our high bar on availability and latency in this mission-critical space
• Set a high technical bar for the team through code and architecture design reviews
• Mentoring engineers
• Working across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering to create integrated solutions that delight our customers
• Improve our Engineering process, including architectural strategic thinking, sprint planning and stand-ups
• Improve our Operational excellence process with improved metrics/dashboards for observability, respond to and debug livesite issues, and prevent the issues from reoccurring.
• Working with the latest cloud based and open source technologies

What You Bring

• Bachelor's 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 Java, Scala, Go, C#, or similar
• Experience working with SQL or NoSQL data stores, queue services, cache services, and/or gateway services.
• You follow the latest in software engineering and open source technologies, and can intuit the fine line between promising new practice and overhyped fad
• You love delighting end users and hunger for novel challenges

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

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

Don’t meet every single requirement? That's 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 you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t 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.

Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s 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. We’re 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 [e-mail]. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.