Sr. Site Reliability Engineer I

Axon; Boston (MA); Híbrido; USD 134 000 - 215 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Competitive salary

401k with match

PTO (discretionary time off)

Parental leave

Health benefits (medical, dental, vis)

Fitness programs

Emotional development programs

Snacks in office

Resumo da oferta

Axon is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the APX SRE organization, delivering scalable, cloud-native Kubernetes platforms and services that power our mission-critical systems. You will focus on reliability, documentation, and developer experience.

The role is based in Boston with a hybrid schedule; in-office Tue–Fri and optional remote Mondays. You’ll partner with engineers to improve operability, write clear code, and advance architectural patterns while maintaining security

Qualificações

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering and container orchestration.
• US citizenship with CJIS clearance for US production access.
• Experience building platforms on Azure or AWS.
• Experience deploying Kubernetes platforms at scale (AKS/EKS).
• Proficiency in Python, Go, C#, Java.
• Experience with CI/CD to automate provisioning, builds, tests, releases.
• Familiarity with observability tools (APM, logging, metrics).
• IaC with Terraform, Pulumi or similar.

Responsabilidades

• Build robust Kubernetes platforms and tools for rapid, secure provisioning.
• Apply cloud-native SRE best practices.
• Write performant, maintainable code.
• Troubleshoot distributed cloud-native systems.
• Plan and scope work with realistic deadlines.
• Educate teams on new architectural patterns.
• Create robust docs for self-service use.
• Improve reliability, operability, and cost efficiency across the platform.
• Take calculated risks and drive innovation.

Conhecimentos

Platform engineering

Container orchestration

Kubernetes AKS EKS

Cloud platforms Azure AWS

Programming Python Go C# Java

CI/CD automation

Observability

Infrastructure as Code Terraform Pulum

CJIS clearance

Ferramentas

Terraform

Pulumi

CI/CD tools

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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.

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

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer within the APX SRE organization, you’ll focus on delivering practical, scalable solutions to support the reliability and performance of our mission-critical, cloud-native global Kubernetes platform and the services that run on it. You care deeply about system stability, clear documentation, and creating tools that improve the developer experience.

Location: This role is based out of our Boston office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

What You’ll Do

As an SRE, you’ll play a critical role in building the infrastructure and tools that power reliable, scalable, and secure engineering operations across the company. You will:

• Build robust, easy-to-use kubernetes platforms and tools that enable engineering teams to provision and operate services rapidly, consistently, and securely.
• Exemplify cloud-native site reliability best practices.
• Write code that is performant, maintainable, clear, and concise.
• Employ strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug problems in cloud-native distributed systems.
• Employ technical project management skills, with the ability to properly scope, plan, and define work to meet deadlines.
• Influence and educate the engineering organization to adopt new and improved architectural patterns.
• Provide robust documentation for use by engineers to promote self-service.
• Continually seek improvement within the entire platform org for improved reliability, operability, and cost efficiency
• Take calculated risks, champion new ideas, and cultivate your craft.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of applicable experience in Platform engineering, and container orchestration
• United States Citizen — able to gain CJIS clearance for full US production access
• Experience building platforms on either Azure or AWS (preferably both)
• Building, operating, and innovating clustering solutions for Kubernetes platforms like AKS, EKS, or similar in production at scale
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Go, C#, Java, and others.
• Building, operating, and managing infrastructure and systems that are highly revenue, security, and/or health and life-safety critical.
• Experience utilizing CI/CD platforms to automate provisioning infrastructure, software builds, tests, and releases.
• Experience using observability tools such as APM, logging, and metrics to assist with debugging issues.
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools for provisioning flexible and testible modules such as Terraform, Pulumi, or similar.
• Experience designing tooling to simplify the operational management of SaaS/PaaS systems.
• Empathy to support the needs of software engineers.

Benefits that Benefit You

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionary time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Fitness Programs
• Emotional & 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.

Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. 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 https://www.axon.com/careers.

Base Pay Range: $134,250 USD - $214,800 USD

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.

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