Staff Software Engineer

Axon

full-time

Posted on: 9/4/2025

Location: Massachusetts, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $168,750 - $270,000 per year

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AngularCloudDockerGoJavaJavaScriptKubernetesNoSQLReactScalaSQLTypeScript

About the role

Lead major projects from design to production and set a high bar on standards of excellence
Provide deep technical insights during architecture design reviews and drive technical direction for the team
Effectively mentor and grow engineers into the Senior and Staff levels
Obsess over customers and work backward from customers to build the right solutions in collaboration with product and design
Build services that adhere to high bar on availability, performance, and security in mission-critical space
Maintain curiosity and stay up to speed on latest technologies and frameworks
Advise senior leadership (Director/Senior Director/Vice President) on technical strategy and balance business and engineering priorities
Report to Director of Engineering
Work location: based out of Seattle or Boston office, hybrid schedule (onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, remote Mondays)

12+ years of experience in software engineering
Experience driving technical strategy with impact across multiple teams
Expertise in building large scale cloud services, including deep knowledge with different database technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, and queuing systems
Experience designing and delivering high-availability, scalable cloud-based systems
Backend cloud experience in managed languages such as Java, Scala, Go, C#, or similar
Frontend experience with JavaScript, Typescript, React, Angular or similar technologies
Experience working with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)
Proven ability to work side by side with product managers and other engineers to create a technical backlog
A passion for quality design, code, tools and architectures