Software Engineer II, Cloud 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 We’re seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and maintain the AWS‑based backbone of our drone detection and analytics platform. You’ll enable our analysts and agents to deliver actionable insights at scale, ensuring our data pipelines, alerting systems and compute environments are secure, reliable, and efficient. You’ll work closely with the Decisions and Insights team to operationalize data workflows and automate alerting, applying best practices in DevOps and cloud‑native architecture. This is a hands‑on engineering role focused on systems that directly support Dedrone’s global airspace security mission. What You’ll Do Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure (S3, EC2, Lambda, Fargate, SNS, CloudWatch, IAM, Code Pipelines, etc.). Build and maintain data ingestion and processing pipelines, ensuring reliability and scalability. Set up and monitor notification and alerting systems for data processing and model operations. Manage Dockerized workloads across Fargate and EC2 for compute‑heavy analytics jobs. Support CI/CD pipelines for model deployment and internal tools. Optimize cost, performance, and security posture across AWS accounts and services. Collaborate with data analysts, data engineers and data scientists to operationalize workflows in a cloud‑native, automated fashion. What You Bring 4+ years of experience managing AWS infrastructure in production environments. Experience with CDK, Terraform or CloudFormation for infrastructure as code is a must. Strong experience with Lambda, Fargate, S3, SNS/SQS, EC2, and CloudWatch. Hands‑on experience with Docker and CI/CD tools. Solid understanding of Python‑based data workflows and microservice design patterns. Excellent problem‑solving and communication skills, with a focus on reliability and automation. Work Location This role is based out of our Seattle, WA 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. Benefits that Benefit You Competitive salary and 401(k) with employer match Discretionary paid time off Paid parental leave for all Medical, Dental, Vision plans Fitness Programs Emotional & Mental Wellness support Learning & Development programs Snacks in our offices Base Pay Range $120,750 — $193,200 USD Equal Employment Opportunity 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. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please email View email address on click.appcast.io. This email address is for accommodation purposes only; requests for other purposes will not be responded to. #J-18808-Ljbffr