Senior Software Engineer- Carbyne

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.

About Carbyne By Axon

As of its acquisition by Axon,Carbyne has joined forces with a global leader in public safety technology—marking an important step forward for emergency communications. United by a shared mission to help save lives, Carbyne and Axon are advancing the future of 911 by modernizing how emergency data flows to call centers. Together, we’re enabling faster, more informed responses by equipping emergency call centers with real-time video, instant chat, precise location tracking, and other critical tools—ensuring that life-saving information reaches those who need it most, exactly when it matters.

What You’ll Do

You'll be a key developer on a mission-critical platform, ensuring reliable communication during emergencies.

• Own end-to-end real-time communication software development for our life-saving platform.
• Design and implement a high-performance Media Streaming architecture that achieves low latency and resilience for audio and video feeds.
• Develop core RTC components from mobile and specialized clients all the way to the backend infrastructure.
• Build and maintain highly scalable communication servers, implementing clustering technologies to handle massive concurrent traffic volumes.
• Lead the development of systems for audio processing and handling, as well as robust, compliant cloud-based recording and archiving of all media streams.
• Work across diverse environments: mobile platforms, clustered VoIP and Streaming servers, command and control systems, and emergency end-devices.
• Actively contribute to projects utilizing state-of-the-art RTC technology, including WebRTC internals, HTTP Streaming, and media frameworks like GStreamer and FFmpeg.
  
  

What You Bring

• At least 2 years of experience in backend development using low-level or high-performance languages (e.g., C++, Rust, Go, or Java). You should be comfortable thinking about memory management, concurrency, and performance bottlenecks.
• You have a proven track record in either Real-Time Communication (WebRTC, SIP, Streaming) or building complex, high-scale Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/distributed systems).
• Demonstrated experience in designing and deploying highly-available, scalable servers and clustering technologies. You understand how to build systems that don't just work, but scale.
• A "brave" approach to the tech stack- you aren't afraid to dive into the internals of a library, debug a network protocol, or learn a niche media framework from scratch.
• You enjoy solving "hard" engineering problems (think: race conditions, high-latency, or resource-constrained environments).
• Exceptional interpersonal abilities and fluent English communication skills.
  
  

✨ Bonus Points

• Familiarity with Media Frameworks (GStreamer, FFmpeg) or protocols (RTP, RTSP, SIP, WebRTC).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and designing microservices-based solutions.
• A solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/UDP, TLS, packet loss mitigation).
• Experience with profiling tools and monitoring high-throughput systems.
  
  

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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