Software Engineer II

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 an Engineer in the Video Experience team at Axon, you’ll work at the heart of the Evidence.com platform, creating experiences that are at the core of our mission to protect life. You’ll work to create video playback experiences that are fast, performant, and let officers around the world quickly get to the heart of evidence and accelerate justice. Every piece of evidence collected by our Body Cameras and Evidence platform will ultimately be reviewed and analysed through the interface and tools that you create, own, and enrich.

What You’ll Do
Reports to: Director of Engineering

• Work to develop our evidence playback experience, integrating across key Axon products including Evidence.com, to deliver user experiences that are fast, responsive, resilient, and delight our customers.
• Build components and user interfaces that enable users to quickly review, analyse, and share different types of media, including Video and Images.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers to understand customer needs and future requirements for evidence playback.
• Collaborate closely with your team to take ownership and feedback on technical designs that solve customer challenges.
• 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.
• Between 2-5 years of professional software development experience.
• Experience as a Front End Engineer, with deep knowledge of Javascript, Typescript and React. You’ll have a broad knowledge of the protocols, patterns, and test frameworks that are needed to create amazing user experiences.
• Awareness of backend technologies, including API development and languages such as Python, Go, Java or similar.
• An excellent communicator; able to take difficult technical concepts and make these accessible to a range of audiences.
• An unwavering focus on quality, with clear experience in applying unit testing, automation, and TDD concepts to your Engineering process.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub, TeamCity, ArgoCD, etc.

Please note – you may be asked to undertake UK Security Clearance Vetting for this role.

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 recruitingops@axon.com. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.

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