Senior Backend Software Engineer II

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 Ho Chi Minh City 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.

Reports to:  (Senior) Software Engineering Manager

• Lead engineering architecture design reviews across multiple squads and teams, incorporating AI-driven insights and system modeling
• Set a high technical bar through code and architecture reviews across the group, including evaluation of AI-generated code and design patterns
• Mentor junior to senior engineers on scalable system design, technical strategy, and AI-first development practices
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and workflows across multiple squads, establishing group-level standards and prompt engineering guidelines
• Work across teams with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to translate broad business and technical goals into engineering strategy and execution plans
• Improve engineering processes across the organization by embedding automation, AI tooling, and intelligent workflows into planning and execution
• Architect and build services that adhere to high standards on availability and latency for broad domain capabilities in a mission-critical environment
• Leverage AI systems to optimize performance, observability, and operational efficiency across multi-team distributed systems

What You Bring

Required Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of professional software development experience with a proven track record of executing broad technical initiatives
• Experience designing and delivering highly-available, scalable cloud-based systems and platform components or foundational services that support multiple teams and products
• Backend service experience in multiple managed languages such as Go, Java, Scala, C#, or similar
• Experience working with SQL or NoSQL data stores and designing scalable data architectures
• Experience building and operating public cloud-hosted services on Azure or AWS using Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
• Strong understanding of platform security concerns: identity, access control, data encryption, and secure service-to-service communication
• Experience driving SLOs, SLAs, operational excellence, and an incident response culture across multi-team engineering organizations
• Experience evaluating, integrating, and establishing organizational standards for AI-assisted development tools into engineering workflows
• Strong understanding of how AI can be applied to improve developer productivity, system design, and operational efficiency at a multi-squad level

Preferred Qualification

• CI/CD Tools : Jenkins, GitHub Actions
• Containerization : Docker, Podman
• Orchestration Tools : Kubernetes, OpenShift
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) : Terraform, CloudFormation
• Monitoring and Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack
• Cloud Prividers : AWS (ECS, EKS), Azure DevOps, Goolge Cloud Build
• Security Best Practices : DevSecOps tools, vulnerability scanning

Benefits that Benefit You

• Medical and Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Robust Paid Time Off policy
• Bonuses
• Lunch allowance
• Cell phone stipend
• Free LinkedIn Learning account and Udemy
• Access to 24/7 online emotional and mental support
• Gym membership
• Free parking
• Stocked fridges and pantries - free coffee, cold beverages, snacks
• Annual Company Outing Trip
• Monthly team social activities

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.

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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 [email protected].  Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.

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