Staff Software Engineer

As a Staff Software Engineer at Axon, you will shape the technical direction for the DEMS domain, building reliable and secure large-scale systems. You will collaborate with senior engineers, product managers, and designers to solve critical customer problems and deliver durable, scalable software. You lead by design reviews, mentoring, and improving technical decision-making, balancing business priorities with engineering health. This role offers impact on mission-critical public safety products and a strong opportunity to influence architecture and developer productivity. You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your expertise helps deliver safer outcomes.

• Competitive base salary and RSUs
• Comprehensive pension plan with matching contribution
• Private health insurance & cash plans
• 30 days paid holiday + UK public holidays
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• GymPass subscription

• Set the technical bar through architecture leadership and rigorous design reviews
• Drive technical direction across one or more DEMS domains ensuring scalability, security, and resilience
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Design, and cross-functional teams to tackle complex challenges
• Lead design and evolution of backend services, APIs, data flows, and system integrations
• Identify systemic risks and drive improvements in reliability, observability, performance, and operations
• Mentor engineers across teams and grow future technical leaders
• Improve engineering effectiveness by simplifying complexity and promoting high-quality execution
• Contribute directly to implementation in high-leverage or high-risk areas

• 15+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience building and scaling complex software products in a collaborative team
• Deep expertise in backend systems and distributed system design
• Strong experience with cloud platforms and production service operations
• Experience driving technical solutions across multiple teams or broad product areas
• Strong understanding of system design, reliability, performance, observability, and security
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases
• Track record of writing clean, maintainable, production-grade code
• Proven ability to influence technical direction without formal authority
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• excellent communication
• collaboration
• mentoring
• backend systems
• distributed system design
• cloud platforms