Senior Backend Engineer — Multi-Cloud Tech Lead

Coinscapture; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Fitness program

Wellbeing support

Learning & development

ERGs

Snacks in office

Job summary

Axon in Seattle is seeking a senior backend engineer to join the DEMS Ingestion team, building high-throughput, cloud-native services for uploading evidence from third-party clients and Axon devices. You’ll design scalable, secure systems across AWS and Azure, and partner with product and design to deliver enduring value.

Lead and mentor engineers, define technical vision, participate in architecture reviews, and drive roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing and delivering highly-available, scalable cloud-based systems.
• Full-stack development in Go, Scala, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, or C#.
• Experience with SQL or NoSQL data stores.
• Experience with Kafka or ActiveMQ.
• Bonus: React frontend experience.
• Bonus: Mobile development experience.
• Bonus: Automated testing frameworks like Selenium, Puppeteer, or Playwright.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, secure, high-performance software in this mission-critical space.
• Lead technical projects from concept to launch, ensuring solution meets business and technical requirements.
• Collaborate across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering to create solutions that delight our customers.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship for engineers across the group.
• Help to define a technical vision both within our team and the greater organization.
• Partner with Engineering Managers, Directors, and Staff Engineers to define a strategic technical vision and direction for the group.
• Lead engineering architecture design reviews and provide feedback to other engineers through channels like PR reviews.
• Write and review design documents, library proposals, and technical vision documents.
• Define and manage roadmaps for the technical backlog.
• Continuously evaluate and improve engineering processes across the group to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Skills

Go

Scala

Java

TypeScript

JavaScript

C#

SQL

NoSQL

Kafka

React

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Blob storage

CDNs

Event-driven architecture

Caching

Job description

Axon in Seattle is seeking a senior backend engineer to join the DEMS Ingestion team, building high-throughput, cloud-native services for uploading evidence from third-party clients and Axon devices. You’ll design scalable, secure systems across AWS and Azure, and partner with product and design to deliver enduring value.

Lead and mentor engineers, define technical vision, participate in architecture reviews, and drive roadmaps.