Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise

Axon; United States; Hybrid; USD 168,750 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and 401k with employer match

Discretionary paid time off

Paid parental leave

Fitness Programs

Emotional & Mental Wellness support

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Snacks in offices

Job summary

A leading safety and justice technology firm in the United States is seeking a Staff Software Engineer. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in software engineering with strong system design skills and the ability to lead technical efforts across teams. You will focus on building scalable cloud-based systems and mentoring engineers in a collaborative environment. The position offers a hybrid work schedule, competitive salary, and comprehensive benefits including paid parental leave and wellness support.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong system design skills for scale, availability, and security.
• Experience with microservices and event-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery for new enterprise product concepts.
• Establish architectural direction for products transitioning from POC to production.
• Drive cross-team technical alignment and mentoring.

Skills

Technical leadership

System design skills

Collaboration with Product and Design

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

Tools

Cloud-based systems

Job description

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

You are a Staff Software Engineer who thrives at the intersection of technical leadership, rapid product discovery, and customer obsession. On Enterprise, you’ll help Axon identify and prove new product‑market fit by building high‑leverage proof‑of‑concepts with real customer workflows, then laying the technical foundation to evolve the best concepts into secure, scalable, production‑ready products across the Axon ecosystem. You bring strong system design judgment and an outcomes‑first mindset: you know when to move fast with a prototype, how to design experiments that de‑risk big bets, and how to translate learnings into durable architectures teams can build on. You’re a force multiplier—raising the technical bar through design reviews, mentoring, and cross‑team alignment—and you partner deeply with Product Management and customer development partners to ensure we build the right thing, the right way. You foster a friendly, open, introspective culture that encourages everyone to speak their mind and avoid red tape, unnecessary rituals, bureaucracy and politics. You embody our company value of Join Forces, and have zero tolerance for people not willing to collaborate. Come help build the next generation of enterprise capabilities that extend Axon’s ecosystem and deliver meaningful impact for public safety.

What You’ll Do

Work Location: This role is based out of one of our US based offices 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.

Reports to: Director, Software Engineering

• Lead technical discovery for new enterprise product concepts: translate ambiguous customer problems into shippable prototypes and measurable experiments
• Build proofs‑of‑concept that integrate with and build on top of the Axon ecosystem (platform services, identity/access, data, workflows, integrations, hardware)
• Partner closely with Product Management, Design, and customer development partners to validate value, usability, and feasibility
• Establish architectural direction for concepts that graduate from POC to product—defining target‑state designs, key technical decisions, and migration paths
• Set a high bar for security, reliability, privacy, performance, and maintainability appropriate for mission‑critical enterprise environments
• Drive cross‑team technical alignment: influence APIs, platform capabilities, data contracts, observability standards, and operational readiness
• Mentor engineers and model strong engineering practices (design docs, iterative delivery, pragmatic testing, incident learnings, and effective reviews)

What You Bring

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent)
• Proven ability to lead technical efforts across teams—aligning stakeholders, driving architecture decisions, and delivering outcomes
• Strong system design skills: you can design for scale, availability, operability, and security—and explain tradeoffs clearly
• Experience building high‑availability, scalable cloud‑based systems (microservices/event‑driven systems)
• Experience integrating with external software systems
• Strong collaboration skills with Product and Design; comfortable working from ambiguous requirements and iterating quickly with customer feedback
• A track record of improving engineering effectiveness through mentorship, technical standards, and pragmatic process improvements

Nice to Have

• Experience building enterprise B2B products, especially in regulated / high‑trust environments (security, compliance, privacy, auditability)
• Experience with identity, authentication/authorization, multi‑tenant architectures, and customer‑managed configurations
• Experience with data platforms (streaming, analytics, search), integrations, or workflow automation
• Experience with architecting workflows that span devices and cloud (firmware, edge components, secure networking, ingestion/streaming, and cloud orchestration)
• Hands‑on expertise in observability, reliability engineering, and operational excellence (SLOs, on‑call readiness, incident response)

Benefits that Benefit You

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Fitness Programs
• Emotional & Mental Wellness support
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• And yes, we have snacks in our offices

Base Pay Range: $168,750 - $270,000 USD

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion. We’re committed to hiring the best talent—regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances—and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please email [e-mail]. This email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.