Axon · 14 hours ago
Software Engineer II
Washington, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$121K/yr - $193K/yr
3+ years expAxon is on a mission to Protect Life, focusing on critical safety and justice issues with their ecosystem of devices and cloud software. As a Software Engineer II on the 3P Search team, you will build and operate systems that connect Axon Records to external law enforcement databases and third-party partners, ensuring reliable and secure backend services.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement backend services supporting NCIC search and other external database integrations
Build and evolve partner-facing Records APIs, including data modeling, authentication/authorization, and versioned contracts
Ensure correctness, compliance, and auditability when handling sensitive external queries
Design systems that gracefully handle failures, retries, partial responses, and downstream outages
Improve observability, monitoring, and operational tooling for external search workflows
Contribute to supporting UI components where needed to enable operational visibility and workflow execution
Participate in on-call rotations and drive continuous improvements to system resilience and reliability
Collaborate with product, compliance, and partner teams to safely evolve integration capabilities
Qualification
Required
3+ years of professional software engineering experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Strong backend engineering fundamentals and experience building production services
Experience designing and operating distributed systems in cloud environments
Solid understanding of APIs, service-oriented architectures, and versioned contracts
Experience integrating with external systems or third-party consumers
Ability to reason about failure modes, data consistency, and reliability tradeoffs
Comfort working at system boundaries where security, compliance, and correctness are non-negotiable
Strong collaboration and communication skills across engineering and partner teams
Preferred
Experience working with law enforcement, public safety, or regulated systems
Experience building or operating highly reliable, audit-heavy systems
Experience designing public or partner-facing APIs with long-term stability requirements
Exposure to identity, authentication, and authorization systems
Experience contributing to operational tooling or internal workflow UIs
Familiarity with CAD systems or other public safety integrations
Benefits
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
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
And yes, we have snacks in our offices
Company
Axon
Axon provides electronic control devices to law enforcement and corrections agencies.
1001-5000 employees
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2023 (7)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2B2025-03-05Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2018-08-07Post Ipo Equity· $246M
2001-06-07IPO
Leadership Team
Jay Reitz
SVP Software Engineering
Anthony Baldoni
VP Strategic Initiatives
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