Manager, Site Reliability 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

You are an SRE Engineering Manager with experience managing the operations and uptime of large-scale platforms. You have deep interest in Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies. You are excited about the care, feeding and growth of high-availability, scalable cloud-based platforms.

You want to lead a team of SRE experts in delivering solutions to the real-time problems our mission-critical cloud native services encounter. You are obsessed about achieving the high quality and reliability our customers demand. You also enjoy mentoring and growing junior engineers.

Come work in an exciting environment where you use your passion, experience, and analytical skills to help bring new solutions to public safety and leave a positive impact on the world.

What You’ll Do 

Location: Remote
Reports to: Senior Site Reliability Engineering Manager
Direct Reports: 4-8 SRE Engineers

• Drive the execution of your team by leading planning, prioritization, stand-ups, and team retro meetings.
• Lead the technical direction of the team through architectural discussions and code reviews.
• Work with product managers, senior engineers, and client teams to get ‘ahead of the curve' and explore new opportunities.
• Join forces with recruiting to hire a top-notch engineering team.
• Manage engineers and their careers with 1:1s and performance reviews.
• Coach your team for continuous improvements.
• Lead large scale projects that impact multiple engineering teams.
• Execute and deliver new features and improvements to Axon’s engineering teams on a regular basis.

 

What You Bring

• This position involves handling of classified federal data; under federal regulations, it is open to US Citizens only
• 8+ years of applicable experience
• A track record of planning and delivering on multiple overlapping projects spanning several months
• Experience implementing an engineering process that emphasized security, availability, scalability, and operational discipline
• Experience managing cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or similar.
• Experience operating in Kubernetes platforms like AKS, EKS, or similar.
• Experience using managed languages such as Python, Go, C#, Java, or similar.
• Experience utilizing CI/CD platforms and observability tools.
• Experience designing tooling to simplify the operational management of SaaS/PaaS systems.
• Empathy to support the needs of software engineers.

 

Benefits that Benefit You

• Competitive salary and 401k 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
• And yes, we have snacks in our offices

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.

The Pay: Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The starting base pay for this role is between USD 135,000 in the lowest geographic market and USD 216,000 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. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit www.axon.com/careers/benefits.

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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.

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