Software Engineer I

About This Role

Join Axon's 3P Search team as a Software Engineer I to build and operate critical backend systems. This role involves connecting Axon Records to external law enforcement databases and third-party partners to reduce paperwork for public safety officers and improve community safety.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement backend services supporting NCIC search and other external database integrations
• Build and evolve partner-facing Records APIs, including data modeling, authentication/authorization, and versioned contracts
• Ensure correctness, compliance, and auditability when handling sensitive external queries
• Design systems that gracefully handle failures, retries, partial responses, and downstream outages
• Improve observability, monitoring, and operational tooling for external search workflows
• Contribute to supporting UI components where needed to enable operational visibility and workflow execution
• Participate in on-call rotations and drive continuous improvements to system resilience and reliability
• Collaborate with product, compliance, and partner teams to safely evolve integration capabilities

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Strong backend engineering fundamentals and experience building production services
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems in cloud environments
• Solid understanding of APIs, service-oriented architectures, and versioned contracts
• Experience integrating with external systems or third-party consumers
• Ability to reason about failure modes, data consistency, and reliability tradeoffs
• Comfort working at system boundaries where security, compliance, and correctness are non-negotiable
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across engineering and partner teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience

Nice to Have

• Experience working with law enforcement, public safety, or regulated systems
• Experience building or operating highly reliable, audit-heavy systems
• Experience designing public or partner-facing APIs with long-term stability requirements
• Exposure to identity, authentication, and authorization systems
• Experience contributing to operational tooling or internal workflow UIs
• Familiarity with CAD systems or other public safety integrations

Benefits