Sr Software Engineer I

Axon•Washington, DC

1d•Onsite

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 As a senior engineer on the team, you will be intimately involved in architecture decisions that shape this product. You live and breathe cloud services that require high availability and fast, consistent performance. You operate in an AI-first engineering environment, where you leverage advanced AI systems to inform design decisions, accelerate development, and improve system reliability. You are expected to drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices across teams, ensuring scalable and efficient development workflows. You will work closely with product managers and designers to ensure we are building the right solution for our customers, while also mentoring engineers on both system design and AI-first development practices.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
6+ years of professional software development experience
Experience designing and delivering highly-available, scalable cloud-based systems
Backend service experience in multiple managed languages such as Java, Scala, Go, C#, or similar
Experience with SQL or NoSQL data stores
Experience evaluating and integrating AI-assisted development tools into engineering workflows
Strong understanding of how AI can be applied to improve developer productivity, system design, and operational efficiency

Responsibilities

Lead engineering architecture design reviews, incorporating AI-driven insights and system modeling
Set a high technical bar through code and architecture reviews, including evaluation of AI-generated code and patterns
Mentor engineers on scalable system design and AI-first development practices
Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and workflows across the engineering organization
Work across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering to create integrated solutions
Improve engineering processes by embedding automation, AI tooling, and intelligent workflows into planning and execution
Build services that adhere to high standards on availability and latency in a mission-critical environment
Leverage AI systems to optimize performance, observability, and operational efficiency