Software Engineering Team Manager, Axon 911

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. Who We Are 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that matter most. 911 is the backbone of public safety, yet the professionals behind it have long been held back by outdated technology.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. Your Impact Axon 911's core communications team is building the back-end infrastructure and applications that power critical communications infrastructure at production scale. This is the engine behind core voice and video connectivity, audio recordings, translation, transcription, and location services in 911-critical contexts. As the Team Manager for Applications, you will lead a skilled engineering team, drive cross-organizational integration efforts, and take ownership of the reliability and evolution of these mission-critical systems. Your decisions will directly influence emergency response outcomes for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. What You'll Do • Lead and grow a back-end engineering team focused on Mission critical communications infrastructure, including voice, video, audio recording, transcription, translation, and location services. • Drive the end-to-end architecture and delivery of scalable, production-grade systems that integrate components from multiple products and teams across Israel and internationally. • Own the technical direction for your team—setting high coding standards, defining API and service architectures, and ensuring reliability at scale. • Coordinate cross-team integration efforts with engineering partners in Israel, Europe and the US, navigating distributed, multicultural collaboration effectively. • Lead the migration and evolution of existing systems toward Kubernetes-based, cloud-native infrastructure. • Mentor engineers, conduct technical reviews, and foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement. • Leverage AI tools across the software development lifecycle to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and drive team productivity. • Represent your team's technical work through clear, compelling architectural presentations to leadership and stakeholders. What You Bring • 5+ years of experience leading software development teams, advantage for global or distributed teams. • Strong communication skills—able to present complex technical and architectural concepts clearly to diverse audiences. • Experience collaborating with distributed, multicultural engineering teams. • Leadership maturity to navigate both technical challenges and interpersonal dynamics across a global organization. • At least 7 years of deep technical expertise in high-scale databases, high-performance systems, and API/service architectures. • Leadership maturity to navigate both technical challenges and interpersonal dynamics across a global organization—detail-oriented, accountable, and dependable in owning outcomes end to end. • Experience with cloud-native development- MUST • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container-based infrastructure at production scale. • Familiarity with networking, VoIP, RTC, WebSockets- Advantage Diversity Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Important Notes 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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