Lead the design and implementation of Zero Touch, Axon’s controlled, compliant execution framework for operational and change workflows. - Define opinionated workflows, APIs, and abstractions that allow engineers to execute infrastructure and application changes safely, repeatably, and with strong guardrails. - Embed policy‑as‑code, approvals, and audit trails into the framework so that compliance requirements are enforced by default, not as an afterthought. - Drive identity and security posture improvements
Partner with Identity, Security, and Platform teams to design secure patterns for authentication, authorization, and workload identity across cloud platforms. - Define and standardize how services integrate with SSO/OIDC, RBAC, secrets management, certificate management, and key management so that platform workflows and APIs are identity‑aware and least‑privilege by design. - Improve Axon’s overall security posture by building primitives (e.g., policy engines, IAM baselines, secure-by-default templates) that can be reused across teams. - Join Forces on our dual‑cloud infrastructure modernization
Design and build dual‑cloud infrastructure abstractions (e.g., Terraform/CDK modules, platform services, deployment patterns) that allow Axon to run workloads consistently across providers while respecting regional and regulatory constraints. - Align these workflows with our dual‑cloud strategy so that multi‑region and multi‑cloud operations, failover, and rollout patterns are safe and repeatable. - Build platform abstractions that reduce operational burden
Design scalable, multi‑tenant platform services (e.g., deployment pipelines, runtime execution environments, policy engines, observability primitives) that turn recurring operational work into reusable capabilities. - Define clear golden paths and reference implementations for common patterns (e.g., service onboarding, change rollout, incident response automation) that raise the baseline for reliability, security, and developer experience. - Provide architectural and technical leadership
Drive architectural decisions for platform and infrastructure initiatives, balancing long‑term strategy with immediate business needs. - Collaborate with other staff and senior engineers to set technical direction for Axon’s reliability, security, and automation strategy, especially around our execution platform and identity. - Mentor and grow engineers across multiple teams, acting as a force multiplier by raising the technical bar and improving how we design, secure, and operate systems. ### What You Bring
8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on infrastructure, platform, or reliability engineering. - Strong programming skills in one or more languages such as Go, TypeScript, Python, or Java, with an emphasis on building services and tooling, not just scripts. - Experience operating and scaling public‑facing, distributed systems, including designing for availability, latency, and graceful degradation. - Deep familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation) and modern CI/CD practices, including how to model policies, environments, and workflows as code. - Demonstrated experience building or owning platforms that other engineers depend on (e.g., deployment frameworks, execution engines, internal developer platforms, or SRE tooling). - Practical experience with identity and access management:
Integrating applications and platforms with SSO/OIDC providers and enforcing RBAC/ABAC. - Designing safe patterns for secrets management, key management, and workload identity. - Working with security and compliance partners to translate requirements into concrete, testable controls. - Experience improving security posture in cloud environments, including secure defaults, least‑privilege access patterns, and auditable change workflows. - Proven ability to lead through influence in highly collaborative, cross‑functional environments; you are comfortable driving consensus across product, platform, security, and compliance teams. - Strong system design and architecture skills, with a track record of making sound trade‑offs under ambiguity and scaling systems and platforms over multiple years. - Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and developing technical talent, helping others grow into stronger platform, SRE, or security engineers. - Excellent communication skills; you can explain complex systems, constraints, and trade‑offs clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders. ### Benefits that Benefit You
Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially, and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life, including:
Competitive salary and 401(k) with employer match
Discretionary time off
Paid parental leave for all
Medical, Dental, Vision plans
Fitness Programs
Emotional & Development Programs
And yes, we have snacks in our offices
Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.
Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit https://www.axon.com/careers.
