Senior Software Engineer

About the role

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 senior engineer on the team, you will be intimately involved in architecture decisions that shape this product. You live and breathe cloud services that require high availability and fast, consistent performance.

You operate in an AI-first engineering environment, where you leverage advanced AI systems to inform design decisions, accelerate development, and improve system reliability. You are expected to drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices across teams, ensuring scalable and efficient development workflows.

You will work closely with product managers and designers to ensure we are building the right solution for our customers, while also mentoring engineers on both system design and AI-first development practices.

What You’ll Do

Work Location: This role is based out of our Bucharest office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

- Lead engineering architecture design reviews, incorporating AI-driven insights and system modeling

- Set a high technical bar through code and architecture reviews, including evaluation of AI-generated code and patterns

- Mentor engineers on scalable system design and AI-first development practices

- Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and workflows across the engineering organization

- Work across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering to create integrated solutions

- Improve engineering processes by embedding automation, AI tooling, and intelligent workflows into planning and execution

- Build services that adhere to high standards on availability and latency in a mission-critical environment

- Leverage AI systems to optimize performance, observability, and operational efficiency

What You Bring

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

- 6+ years of professional software development experience

- Experience designing and delivering highly-available, scalable cloud-based systems