Senior Software Engineer II (Entity Graph)

Axon•Seattle, WA

36d•Hybrid

About The Position

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 The Data Ingestion & Movement team powers the Axon Ecosystem by reliably moving petabytes of customer data with 99.9% uptime. As we gear up to scale 10-20× to meet surging onboarding demands, you'll architect and optimize pipelines for throughput, reliability, and developer usability. The team owns the most critical problem within the customer onboarding space today and sits at the intersection of software and data engineering. As a Senior Software Engineer on the team, you will partner closely with Product Managers, Staff Engineers, and the internal customers to scale the data movement platform. As we enter our next phase of growth, we're seeking a seasoned engineer to spearhead the design and implementation of scaling strategies, ensuring the platform remains robust under ever-increasing workloads. Come work in an exciting, mission-driven environment where you use your passion, experience, and analytical skills to help scale solutions for public safety and leave a positive impact on the world.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in software engineering or data engineering
Experience designing for high availability, reliability, security, and performance
Experience building complex and impactful software in a team environment
Expert in at least one object oriented backend language such as C#, Java, Scala
Proven experience scaling distributed systems for 10x growth
Experience mentoring and growing junior engineers

Nice To Haves

Experience with NoSQL databases, such as Cosmos DB, DynamoDB, or Cassandra
Experience with DevOps technologies like Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Docker
Experience building, operating and scaling data movement platforms

Responsibilities

Design and implement new features for the next generation Data Movement Platform
Own throughput optimizations to support 10× data growth
Work closely with customers and design top-priority features
Lead engineering architecture and design reviews
Build the technical roadmap for the Data Movement Platform