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Axon

Builds weapons, cameras and software for police

Senior Software Engineer

Software EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLondon, UK

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required.
  • At least 7 years of software development experience, including ownership of product capabilities in production, is required.
  • Demonstrated, substantial AI-native delivery experience is required, including consistent use of AI across the software development lifecycle with concrete examples of faster delivery and maintained or improved quality.
  • Strong engineering judgment under uncertainty and the ability to simplify while producing high-quality solutions are required.
  • Experience building scalable cloud-native services and/or modern user experiences is required.
  • The ability to work across product, design, customers, and platform dependencies is required.
  • Product judgment to frame problems, define minimum viable product scope, make trade-offs, and drive measurable customer outcomes is required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the build of major product surfaces and services, owning features end-to-end from design through operations.
  • Drive product clarity amid ambiguity by defining problems, shaping minimum viable product scope, setting success metrics, and aligning stakeholders on completion criteria.
  • Build and ship software using AI across the software development lifecycle, including planning, implementation, testing, code review, debugging, and operations, with clear validation practices to maintain correctness and quality.
  • Measure and improve delivery outcomes using engineering metrics such as lead time, pull request throughput, defect rates, test coverage, and incident load, and iterate on team delivery practices.
  • Make architecture choices that balance speed and scalability, recognizing when temporary solutions become permanent.
  • Build and enforce engineering hygiene, including testing strategy, continuous integration and continuous delivery, observability, and sensible release practices.
  • Partner with Product and Design, and operate effectively without their direct involvement, to prioritize, sequence, and ship the highest-value increments.
  • Mentor engineers and help establish a high-trust, high-ownership culture.

Desired Qualifications

  • Startup or internal incubation experience is preferred.
  • Experience responsibly integrating artificial intelligence or large language model capabilities into product experiences is preferred.
  • A track record of accelerating teams through strong technical leadership is preferred.
  • Experience operating in product-management-light environments, where engineers help drive prioritization and discovery alongside delivery, is preferred.

About the Company

Axon

Builds weapons, cameras and software for police

Axon builds public safety technology for police, emergency responders and security teams, combining connected devices with software that manages their work. Its TASER weapons and body cameras link field equipment to a cloud platform used throughout an investigation. Agencies use Axon Evidence to store recordings, control access and share case material with prosecutors, while its records and real-time operations tools organize reports and coordinate responses. Axon earns money from device sales and subscriptions that combine software, equipment upgrades and support over multiple years. Founded in 1993, Axon is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Scottsdale, AZ
Founded
1993

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