Sr Director, Software Engineering

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 Axon's Platform Services organization builds the cloud platforms and tools that public safety products and the engineers behind them depend on. As Senior Director, Software Engineering, you own the core infrastructure platform that all Axon cloud services depend on to deploy, provision and maintain cloud infrastructure resources, including critical components such as IaC platform, compute, networking, and observability. You lead a group of globally distributed engineering teams at an important point in their growth. You set the direction for, and drive the engineering and operation of, the core infrastructure platform.You shape the group as priorities evolve, and are accountable for how it delivers. The role owns the end-to-end success of the organization, including delivery, reliability, security, and customer outcomes. You partner with peer engineering leaders, Product and Security to balance near-term commitments against long-term investment, so that speed never comes at the expense of the trust our customers place in us. You also lead how the organization builds software as AI tools reshape engineering. 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. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success. Reports to: Vice President, Platform Services Direct Reports: A team of engineering managers and technical leads • Define the long-term technical strategy and architecture for the core infrastructure platform, and lead the critical technical decisions that shape it • Deliver highly reliable, secure, and scalable systems that meet a high bar for quality • Ensure the core infrastructure platform enables a delightful developer experience for the engineers who build on it • Partner with peer engineering leaders, Product Management and Security to align long-term strategy with near-term roadmaps and customer commitments • Lead the transformation of how we engineer, coaching engineers into AI-native technical leaders • Lead and develop a team of engineering managers and technical leads, hire exceptional talent, and raise the engineering hiring bar across Axon • Build a culture of candor, accountability, continuous learning, and strong team engagement What You Bring • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent highly technical field • 15+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including experience leading managers of managers • Hands-on experience growing software development organizations that build large-scale distributed systems • Experience running cloud services at scale on a major cloud provider such as AWS or Azure • Deep domain expertise in modern Infrastructure-as-Code technologies and core infrastructure components, such as compute, networking, observability, and developer platforms, with a track record of leading platform or infrastructure engineering teams •