Senior Software Engineer – Backend

Axon

full-time

Posted on: 9/4/2025

Location: Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $141,000 - $225,600 per year

Senior

AWSAzureCloudDjangoGoJavaKafkaNoSQLPythonSQL

About the role

Build complex scaling and performant solutions within the Axon Fusus platform
Work across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering to create always available features
Contribute to the technical roadmap for Fusus backend
Contribute to engineering architecture and design reviews and maintain a high technical bar through code reviews
Mentor and grow junior engineers on the squad
Improve engineering process including long-term thinking, sprint planning and stand-ups
Build services that meet high availability and low latency requirements in a mission-critical space
Leverage AI to increase efficiency of solutions
Lead implementation of new features and collaborate with other Fusus teams
Report to Manager, Software Engineering; no direct reports

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
4+ years of professional software development experience
3+ years of experience with Python software development
3+ years of experience developing software using Django
Experience designing and delivering highly-available, scalable cloud-based systems
Backend service experience in multiple, managed languages such as Python, Java, Go, C#, or similar
Experience working with SQL or NoSQL data stores
Experience with realtime streaming event log or messaging technologies, such as Kafka or ActiveMQ
Experience working with cloud based APIs and infrastructure
Experience with AWS / Azure services and technologies
Experience building cloud based integration solutions
Some roles may require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment (may be required)