Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (IaC)

Axon; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 142,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Engineering Manager to lead efforts in transforming Infrastructure as Code practices. This role is pivotal in shaping the future of cloud services for law enforcement systems. You will guide a talented team of engineers, ensuring high standards in coding and delivery pipelines. Your leadership will drive automation and resilience across infrastructure, making a tangible impact on safety and justice. Join a mission-driven company where your contributions will help create a safer world, while enjoying a collaborative and supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary and 401k with employer match

Discretionary paid time off

Paid parental leave

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Fitness Programs

Emotional & Mental Wellness support

Learning & Development programs

Office snacks

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with a focus on Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong leadership skills with a history of managing engineering teams.
• Experience with cloud platforms and coding standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to build scalable infrastructure delivery pipelines.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code best practices.
• Manage large scale projects impacting multiple teams.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Terraform

CI/CD

Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD Tools

Kubernetes

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

Join us in shaping the future of infrastructure automation for law enforcement systems. Bring your leadership, technical expertise, and high bar for quality to a team that’s building the foundation for fast, reliable cloud services worldwide.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead efforts to transform our Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices, driving consistency, reliability, and speed across our cloud platforms. You'll own the development of IaC standards, best practices and delivery pipelines enabling teams to build and scale infrastructure safely and efficiently. With a platform-first mindset, you’ll champion automation in infrastructure delivery—reducing manual toil and accelerating our path to full infrastructure automation. Your leadership will ensure our infrastructure foundations remain resilient, reusable, and ready for global scale.

The ideal candidate has a passion for Infrastructure as Code and building robust delivery pipelines. You take pride in setting high standards for code quality and maintainability, and you thrive in environments where excellence in engineering practices is the norm. You lead a team of talented software and site reliability engineers, guiding them in developing scalable and efficient IaC delivery pipelines. You are driven to define and enforce coding standards that promote clarity, security, and operational excellence across the organization. You believe in making informed, data-driven decisions and use metrics and insights to continuously improve systems and team performance.

What You’ll Do

Location: Boston - This role can be mostly remote but we'd like folks nearby for the important stuff
Reports to: Senior Engineering Manager
Direct Reports: 4-8 Software and SRE Engineers

• Leading a team of experienced engineers focused on building a fast, reliable, and scalable infrastructure delivery pipeline.
• Championing and enforcing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices and coding standards.
• Leading the technical direction of the team through architectural discussions
• Driving the execution of your team by leading planning, prioritization, stand-ups, and team retro meetings.
• Lead large scale projects that impact multiple engineering teams.
• Working with product managers, senior engineers, and client teams to get ‘ahead of the curve' and explore new opportunities.
• Join forces with recruiting to hire a top-notch engineering team.
• Managing engineers and their careers with 1:1s and performance reviews.

What You Bring

• 8+ years of applicable experience and 3+ as a manager
• A track record of planning and delivering on multiple overlapping projects spanning several months
• Experience implementing an engineering process that emphasized security, availability, scalability, and operational discipline
• Strong experience with Terraform, Terragrunt and CI/CD
• Experience managing cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or similar.
• Experience with Crossplane or Pulumi would be a plus
• Experience using managed languages such as Go and Python or similar
• Experience operating in Kubernetes platforms like AKS, EKS, or similar.
• Empathy to support the needs of software engineers.

Benefits that Benefit You

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionarypaid 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

Pay Transparency

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 142,500 in the lowest geographic market and USD 228,000 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 www.axon.com/careers/benefits.

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.