Senior AI-Native Software Engineer II

Axon Enterprise; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and 401k with match

Discretionary paid time off

Paid parental leave for all

Fitness Programs

Emotional & Mental Wellness support

ERGs

Job summary

Axon Enterprise seeks a Senior Software Engineer II to lead architecture and delivery for major product surfaces and services. You will own systems end-to-end from design through production operations, building AI-native capabilities across the SDLC and balancing speed with reliability.

You will mentor engineers, establish AI-native workflows, and work closely with Product and Design to prioritise and ship high-value increments that drive measurable customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 9+ years of software development experience with production ownership.
• Proven AI-native delivery across the SDLC with scalable practices.
• Strong judgment under uncertainty and architectural decision making.
• Experience designing and operating scalable cloud-native systems.
• Ability to drive alignment across product, design, and customers.
• Product-minded to ship measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and delivery for major product surfaces and services; own systems end-to-end from technical design through production operations.
• Drive product clarity in ambiguity: define the problem, shape MVP scope, set success metrics, and make trade-offs that keep momentum without fragility.
• Build and ship software AI-natively across the SDLC (planning, implementation, testing, code review, debugging, and operations), with validation practices that maintain correctness, security, and quality.
• Establish and scale how the team ships: define AI-native workflows, standards, and guardrails that raise throughput without lowering the bar.
• Measure and improve outcomes using engineering metrics and use that data to drive changes in process and architecture.
• Make architecture choices that balance speed, scalability, cost, reliability, and security.
• Set a high technical bar through code and architecture reviews; mentor engineers and raise overall team capability.
• Partner with Product and Design to prioritise, sequence, and ship the highest-value increments.

Skills

AI-native delivery

Cloud-native design

Architecture leadership

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

9+ years software development

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Axon Enterprise seeks a Senior Software Engineer II to lead architecture and delivery for major product surfaces and services. You will own systems end-to-end from design through production operations, building AI-native capabilities across the SDLC and balancing speed with reliability.

You will mentor engineers, establish AI-native workflows, and work closely with Product and Design to prioritise and ship high-value increments that drive measurable customer outcomes.