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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.
Job Description: Senior Software Engineer I, VR Cloud Services
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.
Our Team
The VR Cloud Services (VRCS) team builds the cloud platform behind Axon VR training. Our services cover device and application telemetry, training data upload and visualization, Axon Academy, and multiplayer VR, all built to federally compliant security practices. The work spans backend and frontend, and much of it depends on clean integration with VR clients and other systems across Axon.
Your Impact
As a Senior Software Engineer I on VRCS, you will lead the technical execution of projects that help officers and their trainers get more out of every training session. Most of your time will go to backend services, APIs, and data pipelines, with the rest spent on the React applications that trainers and agencies use. You will make the design calls on the projects you lead, set the quality bar for that work, and mentor the engineers building it with you. .
What You’ll Do
Location: Onsite in one of our hubs (Seattle or Boston)
Reports to: Engineering Manager, VR
What You’ll Do
Design and build full-stack features across backend services, APIs, data systems, and React applications that power Axon VR training.
Lead the technical execution of projects from design through release, working with other engineers to break down problems, make trade-offs, and deliver high-quality solutions.
Build reliable, scalable services with a high bar for availability, latency, security, observability, and maintainability.
Set a strong technical bar through code reviews, design reviews, and thoughtful engineering practices.
Work closely with Product, Design, QA, VR client teams, and other Axon engineering teams to solve complex customer and technical problems.
Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code and design feedback, and day-to-day collaboration.
Use AI-assisted engineering tools across design, implementation, testing, and debugging while applying strong judgment to validate the resulting work.
What You Bring
6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of owning and delivering complex projects across multiple engineers.
Strong backend engineering experience designing and operating production services, APIs, distributed systems, and data stores, with experience making trade-offs around reliability, scalability, performance, and cost.
Proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript and experience building modern web applications with frameworks such as React, with the ability to deliver features across the frontend and backend.
Hands-on experience building and operating cloud-based systems on Azure, AWS, or GCP, including testing, observability, deployment, and incident response.
Strong engineering judgment and collaboration skills, including breaking down ambiguous problems, influencing technical direction, mentoring other engineers, and…