- Location
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Workplace
- Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Department
- 1505 SAAS Ops
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Source
- Greenhouse
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
Join us in shaping the future of infrastructure automation for mission-critical law enforcement systems. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will drive the development of a next-generation infrastructure provisioning and automation platform. This platform empowers engineering teams to self-serve cloud infrastructure, safely and efficiently, while reducing manual effort and operational risk.
You will have a direct, hands-on impact by building and evolving systems that use automation and intelligent agents to generate, validate, test, and operate infrastructure at scale. We are looking for an engineer with a strong software development background, fluency in languages such as Go or Python, and deep experience designing and operating cloud platforms, who is motivated to improve developer velocity, reliability, and platform resilience.
Work Location:
This role is based out of our London 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. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.
What You’ll Do
- Build robust, easy-to-use foundational platforms and tools that enable engineering teams to provision infrastructure rapidly, consistently, and securely across multiple cloud providers
- Write code in Go that is performant, maintainable, clear, and concise
- Championing and enforcing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices and coding standards
- Employ strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug problems in cloud native distributed systems
- Influence and educate the engineering organization to adopt new and improved architectural patterns
- Provide robust documentation for use by engineers to promote self-service
What You Bring
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering or site reliability
- Experience building and scaling complex and impactful software products in a team environment
- Deep skill in driving technical solutions across multiple teams
- Strong Experience with Terraform and CI/CD
- Strong experience managing infrastructure in the cloud (AWS or Azure)
- Experience using languages such as Go, Python, C#, Java, or similar.
- Experience designing tooling to simplify the operational management of SaaS/PaaS systems.
- Empathy to support the needs of software engineers.
Benefits that Benefit You
- 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
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.
We collect personal information from applicants to evaluate candidates for employment. You may request access, deletion, or exercise other CCPA rights at [email protected] or via our Axon Privacy Web Form. For more information, please see the Your California Privacy Rights section of our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.
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 [email protected]. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.
