Staff Software Engineer, Data

Axon

full-time

Posted on: 9/4/2025

Location: Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $171,000 - $273,600 per year

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CloudElasticSearchGoJavaKafkaKubernetesPythonScalaSparkSQLTerraform

About the role

Act as technical steward for data architecture, integrity, engineering, and governance across the business unit
Lead design and development of scalable, high-availability data platforms supporting mission-critical features such as real-time 911 data ingestion, Knowledge Graph index resolution, and analytical workloads
Drive architectural strategy across the data lifecycle, including storage, schema evolution, ingestion pipelines, retention, search, and warehousing
Own end-to-end data integrity and embed compliance (CJIS, agency-specific) and observability into platform infrastructure in partnership with security and product teams
Develop and evolve next-generation storage solutions to support both transactional and analytical workloads
Drive cross-functional architectural strategy, resolve systemic bottlenecks, and align data models across domains
Mentor engineers across multiple squads, act as a design reviewer, and grow a culture of technical rigor, operational excellence, and ownership in data-intensive engineering

8+ years of software engineering experience, designing and operating large-scale, distributed data systems spanning OLTP, OLAP, and real-time processing domain
Deep expertise in data architecture and infrastructure, including scalable storage systems, stream processing (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis), data lakes or lakehouses, and search platforms (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch)
Fluency in modern cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and observability stacks
Strong programming skills in both systems and data-oriented languages (e.g., Go, Java, Scala, Python, SQL) and familiarity with Spark/Databricks for large-scale transformations
Proven experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives, including driving architecture reviews, defining SLOs, resolving incidents, and mentoring senior engineers
Good understanding of data governance, security, and compliance with a bias for automation and auditability
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence architecture across multiple teams and align stakeholders toward long-term data strategy
Some roles may require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment