Senior Real-Time Systems Engineer — Hybrid NYC

SHPE Houston; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with match

Discretionary time off

Parental leave

Medical/Dental/Vision

Fitness programs

Emotional development programs

Snacks

Job summary

Axon in New York seeks a software engineer to join Axon 911, building high‑performance, low‑latency emergency response devices and cloud software. You’ll tackle real‑time audio/video processing, design scalable distributed services, and apply AI‑assisted development to ship features from idea to production with reliability at the core.

The role is hybrid with four days per week in our Manhattan office; relocation support is available for eligible US candidates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building production systems.
• Hands-on experience with real-time, low-latency platforms.
• Strong knowledge of distributed architectures and observability.
• Experience owning critical systems and improving reliability.
• Experience adopting AI-assisted development tools in SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally to architect and launch new user‑facing features and products
• Design and drive initiatives to improve the availability and reliability of backend systems
• Continuously help improve engineering processes and tools to scale codebase and team
• Provide mentorship to less experienced engineers
• Travel occasionally to support customer deployments and onsite implementations

Skills

Software engineering

Real-time systems

Distributed systems

Observability

Technical ownership

AI-assisted development tools

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Axon in New York seeks a software engineer to join Axon 911, building high‑performance, low‑latency emergency response devices and cloud software. You’ll tackle real‑time audio/video processing, design scalable distributed services, and apply AI‑assisted development to ship features from idea to production with reliability at the core.

The role is hybrid with four days per week in our Manhattan office; relocation support is available for eligible US candidates.