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 contributor in the APX platform engineering organization, you are passionate about delivering solutions to the real-time problems our mission-critical cloud native services encounter. You are also obsessed about achieving the high quality and reliability our customers demand. You will work closely not only with cloud ops teams worldwide but your technical deliverables will reach the entire engineering organization to enable product teams to continuously deliver features on the vanguard of innovation.
What You'll Do
Location: London, England or Remote in the U.K.
- Design, build and maintain infrastructure primitives for Axon’s next generation cloud platform.
- Perform infrastructure standardisation and unification across all Axon business units and geographies.
- Design, build and support CI/CD pipelines to deliver this infrastructure on demand.
- Automate routine maintenance of the cloud platform with minimal downtime (4x9s availability).
- Provide robust documentation for use by engineers to promote self-service
- Take calculated risks, champion new ideas, and cultivate your craft.
What You Bring
- 10+ years experience working on globally diverse 24/7 high volume systems.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug problems in cloud native distributed systems.
- Fluency with large scale (multi-team, multi-branch) CI/CD patterns.
- Familiarity with the GitOps approach to software delivery.
- Design and delivery of infrastructure-as-code on public cloud (in descending order of preference: Azure, AWS, GCP).
- Experience operating production Kubernetes clusters at scale.
- Familiarity with building flexible and testable Infrastructure as Code modules.
- Experience in one or more of these common languages used at Axon: Python, Golang, Scala.
- Experience designing tooling to simplify the operational management of SaaS/PaaS systems.
- Empathy to support the needs of software engineers.
- Ability to obtain UK SC security clearance. 5 years UK residency.
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.
