Software Engineering Manager, Transcription

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.

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.

Your Impact:
You are a Software Engineering Manager with experience building large-scale software applications. You have deep interest in backend or frontend technologies but are comfortable across the whole stack. You are excited about the care, feeding and growth of a high-availability, scalable cloud-based systems.

You want to lead a team of software experts in building complex and impactful software systems while keeping your hands in the code. You also enjoy mentoring and growing engineers of all levels.

Come work in an exciting environment where you use your passion, experience, and analytical skills to help bring new solutions to public safety and leave a positive impact on the world.

What You'll Do:

• Manage and mentor a talented group of engineers
• Work with PM to define the product roadmap, then execute!
• Implement or improve engineering and operational best practices
• Provide feedback during design or code reviews
• Grow your team by hiring or promoting from within

Location: Seattle (US Remote OK)
Reports to: Director of Engineering
Direct Reports: ICs

What You Bring:

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering
• 3+ years of experience leading software developers building customer-facing software applications
• A track record of planning and delivering on multiple overlapping projects spanning several months
• Experience implementing an engineering process that emphasized security, availability, scalability, and operational discipline
• You distilled your people and team management practices into a set of models and principles that you regularly verbalize, apply, and improve
• You thrived in multi-functional organizations by building consensus and partnering with product management, UX design, security, and recruiting
• You have calibrated coding, system design and behavioral job interview questions that you used to hire top talent and quickly grow your team
• You maintained high performance standards by collecting objective metrics and peer feedback for performance evaluation and management
• You mentored junior and senior engineers, helping them understand themselves, influence others, and advance towards their career goals
• You established trust with senior leaders by aligning your priorities with theirs, providing timely, accurate, and succinct status updates, and helping other teams when needed
• You have kept your engineering skills sharp so you can review your team's code, evaluate design options, and provide high-level cost estimates
• You follow the latest in open source technologies and can intuit the fine line between a promising new practice and an overhyped fad

Benefits That Benefit You:

• An awesome office/working environment with the latest technologies
• Competitive salary and benefits including a great medical insurance plan for you and your family
• Free lunch, gym, phone stipend, parking
• Fun team activities and outings
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunities for training in the US
• Opportunities to ride along with real US police officers in real life situations, see them use our technology, and get inspired

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work

NOTE: 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.