Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Your Impact

As a Senior Engineer at Axon, you will bring your experience and knowledge to directly impact our mission to protect life by delivering class leading experiences for our customers where video is the core component of the UI. Your work will directly contribute to the video player experience of public safety agencies world wide, streamlining the efficiency and effectiveness of agencies, giving them the tools to rapidly review, clip and mark up video evidence. You’ll also work to build the supporting UI components, ensuring they’re robust, well tested and highly performant. You’ll join forces with our teams across the US and Vietnam to enrich the video experience across web and mobile platforms, while collaborating closely with supporting back-end service teams.

What you’ll do
Reports to: Director of Engineering

Work to develop our universal video player, integrating across key Axon products including Evidence.com, delivering incredible video experiences that are fast, responsive, resilient and delight our customers
Build components and user interfaces that create capabilities to enable users to quickly review, analysis and share video
Collaborate closely with Product Managers to understand customer needs and future requirements for video products
Provide and contribute to technical designs and technical architecture, working in a highly collaborative manner with other technical leaders to develop well architected system designs
Helping to raise the bar in your team through your contribution to code reviews, architecture designs and approaches to quality
Have an unwavering focus on quality, ensuring code is thoroughly tested through applying innovative automation and load testing approaches

What You Bring

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
At least 5 years of professional software development experience
At least 3 years of working with video streaming and video players
Solid experience as a Front End Engineer, with working knowledge of Javascript, Typescript and React. You’ll have a broad knowledge of the protocols, patterns and test frameworks that are needed for creating amazing user experiences
Hands on experience delivering video players and playback experiences, alongside a clear understanding of key video technologies such as HLS, DASH and DRM
An excellent communicator, able to take difficult technical concepts and make these accessible to a range of audiences
Experience with performance and optimisation problems, particularly at large scale, and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems
Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub, TeamCity, ArgoCD, etc

Benefits that Benefit You

Competitive Base Salary
Annual Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit Eligibility
Comprehensive Pension Plan with Matching Contribution
30 days paid holiday in addition to UK public holidays
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave for all employees
Private Health Insurance
Cash Plan including Dental, Optician and Therapeutic Treatment Plans
GymPass Subscription
Life assurance (x4 Annual Salary)
Group income Protection
Employee Assistance & Development Programs

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.

Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Important Notes

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion. We’re committed to hiring the best talent — regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances — and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.

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