- Company: Axon
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Job type: Full-time
- Salary: Competitive base salary and RSUs
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About the role
Axon is looking for a Director of Software Engineering to join the Real-Time Operations team in London. You will lead multiple engineering teams responsible for building secure, reliable, and scalable software that supports public safety and enterprise customers. This hybrid role requires you to be onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the option to work remotely on Mondays.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop multiple software engineering teams, setting clear expectations for technical quality and delivery.
- Partner with Product and Design to define roadmaps and make informed trade-offs between new capabilities and technical debt.
- Guide architecture and system-design decisions, engaging directly with engineers on complex technical challenges.
- Build engineering practices that strengthen testing, code review, CI/CD, observability, and deployment confidence.
- Own the operational health of your services, using incidents and customer feedback to drive lasting improvements.
- Hire, coach, and develop engineering managers, technical leads, and engineers.
- Collaborate across Axon to deliver integrated experiences and resolve dependencies between teams.
- Work with Security, Privacy, and Compliance partners to embed customer and regulatory requirements into engineering decisions.
Requirements
- At least 15 years of total experience in software engineering.
- At least 5 years in engineering leadership roles, with experience leading teams and developing engineering leaders.
- A track record of delivering complex software products through multiple teams.
- Strong technical fluency in distributed systems, cloud services, and modern software architecture.
- Experience building secure, reliable systems where availability, performance, and customer trust are critical.
- Proven ability to balance delivery commitments with the investment needed to improve platform quality.
- Strong judgement in ambiguous environments, with the ability to make decisions and explain trade-offs.
- Experience partnering closely with Product, Design, and other engineering organisations.
Pay and benefits
- Competitive base salary and RSUs.
- Comprehensive pension plan with matching contribution.
- Private health insurance & cash plans.
- 30 days paid holiday + UK public holidays.
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave.
- GymPass subscription.
- Life assurance & income protection.
- Career growth support and wellness resources.
How to apply
Apply directly on Axon’s own careers website. Omadaily never charges job seekers.
