Site Reliability Engineer II

Overview

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. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

This role is based out of our Peachtree Corners, GA 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.

As a contributor in the SRE organization, you are passionate about delivering solutions to the real‑time problems our mission‑critical cloud native services encounter. You are also obsessed about achieving the high quality and reliability our customers demand. You will work closely not only with the SRE organization, but your technical deliverables will reach the entire engineering organization to enable product teams to continuously deliver features on the vanguard of innovation.

• Build robust, easy‑to‑use foundational platforms and tools that enable engineering teams to provision services rapidly, consistently, securely, and cost‑effective.
• Exemplify cloud‑native site reliability best practices.
• Write code that is performant, maintainable, clear, and concise.
• 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.
• Take calculated risks, champion new ideas, and cultivate your craft.

• This position involves handling of classified federal data; under federal regulations, it is open to U.S. citizens only.
• 5+ years of applicable experience.
• Experience managing cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or similar.
• Experience using managed languages such as Python, Go, C#, Java, or similar.
• Experience operating in Kubernetes platforms like AKS, EKS, or similar.
• Experience utilizing CI/CD platforms to automate provisioning infrastructure, software builds, tests, and releases.
• Experience using observability tools such as APM, logging, and metrics to assist with debugging issues.
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools for provisioning infrastructure such as Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation, or similar.
• Builder‑operator mindset with proven production ownership (uptime, SLOs, on‑call, incident leadership).
• Empathy to support the needs of software engineers.

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match.
• Discretionary time off.
• Paid parental leave for all.
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans.
• Fitness Programs.
• Emotional & Development Programs.
• And yes, we have snacks in our offices.

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.

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