Senior Backend Engineer, Axon 911

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.

Axon 911 brings together Prepared and Carbyne under Axon. Together, we are creating the only platform that combines modern 911 infrastructure with an AI intelligence layer—helping public safety agencies move faster, make better decisions, and deliver better outcomes in the moments that matter most.

911 is the backbone of public safety, yet the professionals behind it have long been held back by outdated technology. Axon 911 is here to change that. Joining this team means more than taking a job—it means helping shape the future of emergency response and building a safer, more connected world.

We're hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to help build the future of Emergency Call Triage—an AI-powered platform that helps emergency communication centers identify critical incidents faster and respond more effectively. In this role, you'll work at the intersection of AI, distributed systems, and public safety, helping deliver technology that can have a direct impact on saving lives.

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation of four days per week in our Manhattan office.

• →Design, build, and deploy backend services powering AI-driven emergency response workflows.
• →Own features end-to-end from technical design through production deployment.
• →Collaborate with product, engineering, and platform teams across the U.S. and Israel.
• →Build systems that leverage LLMs, voice AI, and modern AI infrastructure.
• →Create technical design documents and drive architectural discussions.
• →Participate in customer-facing conversations to understand real-world challenges and improve product outcomes.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend and distributed systems expertise.
• Demonstrated experience owning projects from concept through production.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working cross-functionally with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with modern AI systems, LLM applications, or AI-enabled products.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and driving clarity.
• We believe this role requires someone who combines strong engineering fundamentals with a product-oriented, customer-focused mindset.

• Strong proficiency in Python or Typescript.
• Practical experience building production LLM applications.
• Agentic AI systems with tool calling and workflow orchestration.
• Experience building voice AI products using ASR, TTS, and real-time conversational frameworks.

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.

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