Description

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 Software Engineer II on the Evidence Local team, you'll help build and evolve Axon's on-premises and hybrid digital evidence platform, used by agencies that require full control over highly sensitive data.
Evidence Local underpins how video, audio, and other digital evidence is securely ingested, processed, stored, and retrieved in regulated environments such as law enforcement, government, and defense. These are mission-critical systems where reliability, security, and correctness are essential.

This is a hands-on backend role focused on building and modernising distributed systems and APIs. While much of the platform is implemented in C# / .NET, the team values strong backend fundamentals over any single language, and engineers regularly work across multiple stacks. You'll collaborate closely with experienced engineers to modernise existing services, design new capabilities, and continuously improve system resilience and performance.
Work Location

This role is based out of our London office and follows a hybrid model. We value in-person collaboration and ask team members to work onsite Tuesday through Friday, with flexibility to work remotely on Mondays (unless an approved accommodation applies). Our in-office culture is designed to support collaboration, mentorship, and shared ownership.
What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that support Evidence Local's on-prem and hybrid deployments.
• Contribute to both new development and the modernisation of existing systems, improving scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Participate in architecture discussions around availability, security, data integrity, and performance.
• Work on systems that handle high-throughput data ingestion and long-lived workloads.
• Write clean, well-tested production code and participate in code reviews and design sessions.
• Leverage AI-accelerated development tools thoughtfully as part of your daily workflow using them to speed up iteration, explore solutions, and improve quality, while applying strong engineering judgement to everything that ships
• Collaborate with product managers, QA, and platform teams to deliver reliable, observable features.
• Own features end-to-end - from design and implementation through deployment and production support.
• Participate in incident response, retrospectives, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
• Bring a thoughtful, quality-first mindset to systems people depend on in real-world, high-stakes environments.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience, primarily in backend roles.
• Strong experience with one or more backend languages (e.g. C#, Java, Go, Python, etc.).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL data stores.
• Familiarity with cloud, hybrid, or on-prem environments (Azure experience is a plus).
• Ability to reason about performance, reliability, fault tolerance, and security.
• Experience with testing, CI/CD pipelines, and supporting production systems.
• A collaborative mindset and comfort working in cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience with C# / .NET, or willingness to work in a .NET-heavy codebase.
• Background modernising legacy systems or working in long-lived platforms.
• Exposure to on-prem or hybrid deployments and security-sensitive environments.
• Familiarity with messaging systems, background processing, or event-driven architectures.
• Experience with observability tooling (logging, metrics, alerting).
• Interest in AI-assisted development tools and workflows.
• Passion for building trustworthy, mission-critical systems.

Benefits That Benefit You

• Competitive base salary and RSUs
• Pension plan with matching contributions
• Private health insurance and cash plans
• 30 days paid holiday plus UK public holidays
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• GymPass subscription
• Life assurance and income protection
• Career growth, learning support, and wellness resources

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 recruitingops@axon.com. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.