Staff Software Engineer

Salary: £30,000 - 30,000 per year

Requirements

• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building and scaling complex software products in a collaborative team environment.
• Deep expertise in backend systems and distributed system design.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms and production service operations.
• Experience driving technical solutions across multiple teams or broad product areas.
• Strong understanding of system design, reliability, performance, observability, and security.
• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Track record of writing clean, maintainable, production-grade code.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction and organizational outcomes without relying on formal authority.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Highly valued: experience in enterprise SaaS, mission-critical systems, compliance-sensitive domains, or workflow-heavy platforms.
• Highly valued: experience with evidence management, records systems, chain-of-custody concepts, or highly trusted data systems.
• Highly valued: experience supporting hybrid, on-prem, or cloud-connected product architectures.
• Highly valued: familiarity with languages and platforms commonly used in modern backend environments such as Java, Go, C#, Python, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Set a high technical bar through architecture leadership, deep technical insight, and thoughtful design reviews.
• Drive technical direction across one or more DEMS domains, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and resilient.
• Partner across Engineering, Product, Design, and adjacent teams to solve some of the most important and ambiguous technical challenges in the DEMS space.
• Lead the design and evolution of backend services, APIs, data flows, and system integrations that support mission-critical workflows.
• Identify systemic risks and opportunities, and drive improvements in reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Mentor engineers across teams and help grow future technical leaders.
• Improve engineering effectiveness by introducing better patterns, simplifying complexity, and supporting high-quality execution.
• Contribute directly to implementation where needed, especially in high-leverage or high-risk areas.

Technologies

• Backend
• C#
• Cloud
• Support
• Java
• NoSQL
• Python
• Security
• DevOps
• LESS
• Web

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We are Axon, on a mission to Protect Life and tackle critical safety and justice challenges through our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Our London-based team works in a fast-paced, challenging, and meaningful environment where we value ownership, collaboration, and diverse perspectives. This Staff Software Engineer role supports DEMS, a mission-critical product area, and follows a hybrid schedule with onsite collaboration Tuesdays through Fridays and remote flexibility on Mondays, unless an approved workplace accommodation applies. We offer competitive base salary and RSUs, a comprehensive pension plan with matching contribution, private health insurance and cash plans, 30 days paid holiday plus UK public holidays, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, GymPass subscription, life assurance and income protection, as well as career growth support and wellness resources.

last updated 35 week of 2026