Job description
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
Join us in shaping the future of infrastructure automation for law enforcement systems. Bring your leadership, technical expertise, and high bar for quality to a team that’s building the foundation for fast, reliable cloud services worldwide.
As part of our distributed team, you’ll play a key role in designing and delivering self-service infrastructure solutions that empower Axon’s development teams. You’ll collaborate closely with multiple internal stakeholders to streamline operations and accelerate innovation across our platform.
What You’ll Do
Location: Remotely from United States
Reports to: Director of Engineering
Direct Reports: None
- Build robust, easy-to-use foundational platforms and tools that enable engineering teams to provision services rapidly, consistently, and securely
- Set a high technical bar for the team through deep technical insights and architecture design reviews
- Perform design, code, and process reviews to improve individual systems as well as engineering-wide
- Drive and advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and efficiency
- Employ strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug problems in cloud native distributed systems
- Influence and educate the engineering organization to adopt new and improved architectural patterns
- Mentoring members of your team and across the group
What You Bring
- 8+ years of applicable experience
- Strong experience with Terraform, Terragrunt and CI/CD
- Strong experience building solutions in AWS; (AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional is a huge plus)
- Experience using languages such as Python, Go, C#, Java, or similar
- Experience utilizing CI/CD platforms to automate provisioning infrastructure, software builds, tests, and releases
- Experience operating Kubernetes platforms like AKS, EKS, 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 paid time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Fitness Programs
- Emotional & Mental Wellness support
- Learning & 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.
Pay Transparency
The Pay: Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The starting base pay for this role is between USD 148,500 in the lowest geographic market and USD 237,600 in the highest geographic market. 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 www.axon.com/careers/benefits.
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.
Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.
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 the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.
