2026 AfroTech Software Engineer

Software Engineer - 2026 AfroTech Attendees

Please Note

This opportunity is reserved for registered 2026 AfroTech attendees as part of Axon's AfroTech recruiting experience. You must be attending AfroTech 2026 to apply through this posting.

Not attending AfroTech this year? We still want to hear from you. Explore current opportunities and find your place at Axon at axon.com/careers.

Work Location

These opportunities may be based out of our Boston, MA, Scottsdale, AZ, Sterling, VA, or Seattle, WA offices.

We follow a hybrid schedule and rely on in-person collaboration. We believe connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

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. You'll constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters and a company where you matter.

Your Impact

As a Software Engineer at Axon, you'll help build technology that supports mission-critical products used by customers around the world.

We are hiring engineers across a range of experience levels. Depending on your background, you may be growing your skills alongside experienced engineers, independently owning features and services, or leading technical design and architecture for complex systems.

You'll work in a collaborative, AI-first engineering environment where modern development tools, automation, and AI-assisted workflows are part of how we build software. You'll partner with engineers, product managers, designers, and other teams to solve meaningful customer problems while building reliable, scalable technology.

Whether you are early in your career or an experienced engineer, we are looking for people who are curious, take ownership, care about quality, and want to continue growing.

What You'll Do

Depending on your experience and the team you join, you may

• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain production software and services
• Own features and technical projects from requirements through production
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture design
• Build highly available, scalable, and performant systems for mission-critical products
• Work with modern cloud, distributed systems, data, and open-source technologies
• Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering to build solutions that solve real customer problems
• Use AI-assisted development tools, automation, and intelligent workflows to improve engineering productivity and software quality
• Validate and critically evaluate AI-generated code and technical recommendations
• Improve testing, observability, reliability, and operational efficiency
• Contribute to engineering processes and technical best practices
• Learn from experienced engineers and share your knowledge with others
• At more senior levels, provide technical leadership, influence architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and help raise the technical bar across teams

What You Bring

We know great engineers come from many different backgrounds. Relevant experience may come from professional roles, internships, academic work, military experience, open-source contributions, boot camps, or other hands-on software development.

We're interested in candidates who bring some combination of

• A foundation in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience programming in languages such as Java, Go, Scala, C#, Python, C++, or similar
• Experience or interest in building backend services, APIs, cloud applications, distributed systems, or other production software
• Familiarity with SQL and/or NoSQL data stores
• An understanding of software engineering fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, testing, debugging, and system design appropriate to your experience level
• Curiosity about modern engineering tools, including AI-assisted development, code generation, and automation
• A commitment to writing reliable, maintainable, and high-quality software
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• A desire to understand customer problems and build technology that makes a meaningful impact

For more experienced engineers, we may also look for

• Experience designing and delivering highly available, scalable cloud-based systems
• Ownership of production services and complex technical projects
• Strong system design and architecture experience
• Experience making and communicating engineering tradeoffs
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction
• Experience improving developer workflows through automation or AI-assisted engineering practices

Benefits That Benefit You

• Competitive salary and 401(k) with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Fitness programs
• Emotional & Mental Wellness support
• Learning & 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.

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.

Pay and benefits

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.

Base Pay Range $106,500—$237,600 USD