Senior Software Engineer II

Senior Software Engineer II (Entity Graph) Seattle, Washington, United States 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. We work better together, connecting with candor and care and seeking diverse perspectives from customers, communities, and each other. Your Impact The Entity Graph team builds the core knowledge graph and services that connect people, places, events, cases, and their relationships across Axon’s ecosystem. We enable unified, trustworthy views of incidents, evidence, and workflows used daily by officers, investigators, and analysts. As a Senior Software Engineer II on the Entity Graph team, you will lead the architecture, implementation, and operation of services that model and query real‑world entities at scale. You’ll drive complex cross‑team initiatives, set technical direction, mentor engineers, and raise the bar for system design and reliability. What You’ll Do Work Location: This role is based out of our Seattle 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. Reports to: Senior Engineering Manager. Direct Reports: None. Design and implement scalable services for entity modeling, ingestion, indexing, and query. Define and evolve data and schema models for interconnected records. Lead end‑to‑end projects: architecture, implementation, and delivery. Collaborate with product and data partners to translate requirements into technical solutions. Improve service reliability, testing, and observability. Mentor peers and contribute to engineering best practices. What You Bring Strong backend engineering experience (typically 8+ years) with proven technical leadership. Proficiency in one or more modern languages (e.g., Java/Kotlin, C#, Go, or similar) and cloud‑native service development. Experience designing data models for complex, interrelated domains and working with relational and NoSQL/graph stores. Solid systems design skills for distributed, high‑throughput services. Clear communicator who collaborates effectively across teams. Security‑ and privacy‑conscious mindset. Nice to Have Experience with knowledge graphs, entity resolution, or graph databases. Familiarity with streaming systems (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub) and observability tools. Benefits Benefits vary by geographic location. For more details on our offerings, visit Axon Careers Benefits. Pay Transparency The starting base pay for this role is between USD 141,000 in the lowest geographic market and USD 225,600 in the highest geographic market. Compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. Actual pay is determined by level, function, training, transferable skills, experience, business needs, geographic market, and other factors. Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms 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—and empowering all employees to do their best work. #J-18808-Ljbffr