Senior Backend Engineer, Axon 911

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and help build the future of Emergency Call Triage—a powerful AI-powered platform that helps emergency communication centers identify critical incidents faster and respond more effectively.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Create 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with databases and data management.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match.
• Paid parental leave for all.
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans.
• Fitness programs.
• Emotional & Development programs.
• Snacks in the office.

Pay

The starting base pay for this role is between USD 141,000 in the lowest geographic market and USD 216,600 in the highest geographic market. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors.

Schedule

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

Benefits

• Discretionary time off.
• Paid parental leave for all.
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans.
• Fitness programs.
• Emotional & Development programs.
• Snacks in the office.

Pay Range

$141,000 USD - $216,600 USD