Senior Cloud Networking Architect

Axon; Vermont; Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Discretionary paid time off

Paid parental leave

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Wellness & mental health support

Learning & Development programs

Employee Resource Groups

Snacks in offices

Job summary

Axon is expanding its cloud networking stack and needs a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead architecture and inter-cloud connectivity. You will shape the technical direction, drive design choices across cloud platforms, and mentor engineers across teams.

You will collaborate with infrastructure, platform, security and product groups to deliver cross‑team initiatives while maintaining strong security, performance, and cost controls.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional software engineering with deep networking expertise.
• Experience designing networking for public cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
• Experience with multi-cloud connectivity (nice to have).
• Expertise in compliance standards such as FedRAMP GovRAMP (nice to have).
• Hands-on experience with AI tooling to accelerate the software development lifecycle.
• Strong communication and ability to influence across teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Define the architecture and technical strategy for Axon’s cloud networking, including inter-cloud connectivity.
• Lead the redesign of the networking stack from design to production rollout.
• Drive decisions on availability, performance, security, compliance, and cost.
• Provide deep technical input in architecture reviews and set high standards of excellence.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, platform, security, and product teams on cross-team initiatives.
• Identify networking and cloud risks early and advise leadership on investments.
• Mentor senior engineers and grow the next generation of technical leaders.
• Stay current on cloud technologies and bring new approaches to Axon’s systems.
• Set group-level AI strategy in engineering and lead by example in accelerating with AI.

Skills

Networking

Cloud networking

Programming languages (Go)

Programming languages (C/C++)

Programming languages (Python/Java)

Public cloud (AWS/Azure)

Multi-cloud connectivity

Security/compliance (FedRAMP GovRAMP)

AI tooling in SDLC

Communication & leadership

Job description

Axon is expanding its cloud networking stack and needs a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead architecture and inter-cloud connectivity. You will shape the technical direction, drive design choices across cloud platforms, and mentor engineers across teams.

You will collaborate with infrastructure, platform, security and product groups to deliver cross‑team initiatives while maintaining strong security, performance, and cost controls.