AI-Driven Cloud Architect & Senior Engineer

SHPE Houston; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Wellness support

Learning & Development programs

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Snacks in offices

Job summary

Axon seeks a senior engineer to influence architectural decisions and own AI-first cloud service design. You will mentor teams, drive AI-assisted tooling adoption, and collaborate with Product/Design to deliver integrated, high-availability solutions.

Based in Seattle, WA, you will lead architecture reviews, optimize performance, and push AI-enabled workflows across engineering while maintaining strict latency and reliability standards in a mission-critical environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing and delivering highly-available, scalable cloud-based systems.
• Experience with backend service languages such as Java, Scala, Go, C#, or similar.
• Experience with SQL or NoSQL data stores.
• Experience evaluating and integrating AI-assisted development tools into engineering workflows.
• Strong understanding of applying AI to improve developer productivity, system design, and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering architecture design reviews, incorporating AI-driven insights and system modeling.
• Set a high technical bar through code and architecture reviews, including evaluation of AI-generated code and patterns.
• Mentor engineers on scalable system design and AI-first development practices.
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and workflows across the engineering organization.
• Work across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering to create integrated solutions.
• Improve engineering processes by embedding automation, AI tooling, and intelligent workflows into planning and execution.
• Build services that adhere to high standards on availability and latency in a mission-critical environment.
• Leverage AI systems to optimize performance, observability, and operational efficiency.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Backend development

Java

Scala

Go

C#

SQL/NoSQL

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Axon seeks a senior engineer to influence architectural decisions and own AI-first cloud service design. You will mentor teams, drive AI-assisted tooling adoption, and collaborate with Product/Design to deliver integrated, high-availability solutions.

Based in Seattle, WA, you will lead architecture reviews, optimize performance, and push AI-enabled workflows across engineering while maintaining strict latency and reliability standards in a mission-critical environment.