Description

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

At Axon, our mission is to protect life and preserve truth. As an Engineering Manager for Axon Evidence Local, you'll lead a team delivering highly secure and performant solutions that support public safety globally. Your work will directly impact agencies around the world, contributing to Axon's broader mission to protect truth and accelerate justice.

You're driven by a passion for building high-performing engineering teams and tackling the toughest challenges in public safety - always with an unwavering focus on regulatory, security, and compliance needs. You'll recruit, develop, and inspire a high performance, customer-obsessed team while fostering a strong, positive engineering culture. You'll work closely with product and design to understand customer outcomes and turn them into scalable, secure, and reliable capabilities. And you'll bring the technical depth and forward-thinking vision needed to guide architecture, elevate engineering excellence. This role balances growing exceptional people with the ability to lead them through strong technical insight.
What You'll Do

Work Location: This role is based out of our Ho Chi Minh City 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.

• Build and lead a high-performance engineering team in Ho Chi Minh City, developing talent, mentoring future leaders, and creating an environment where AI-enabled engineering excellence thrives.
• Drive end-to-end technical execution for major product initiatives, roadmap-defining features, and contract-critical capabilities - from large-scale deployments and advanced security to device interoperability and cloud/on-prem hybrid operational workflows.
• Drive the scalability, resilience, and reliability of a mission-critical platform, ensuring it performs flawlessly from small single-server agencies to complex, multi-node, large-scale environments supporting thousands of devices and real time capabilities.
• Collaborate deeply across Axon's global engineering organization,advocating for the needs of AEL, influencing cross-team architecture, and driving alignment on shared outcomes.
• Partner with product and global cross-functional stakeholders to define the roadmap, priorities, and key customer requirements, balancing feature development with operational excellence.
• Oversee operational and on-call processes, own production health, escalations, incident response, and post-incident reviews.
• Champion a deep understanding of customer workflows, pain points, and operational environments, ensuring engineering decisions are grounded in real-world use cases.

What You Bring

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience (ideally in product-focused environments).
• 3+ years as an engineering manager/lead, including direct people management and development.
• Demonstrated experience in architectural design and distributed systems, paired with a deep focus on resiliency engineering, operational excellence, and architectural vision.
• Proven success leading teams to deliver complex, ambiguous projects on time and to spec.
• Demonstrated ability to improve engineering processes across security, quality, releases, and incident management.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; comfortable working with global teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience scaling and refining customer-deployed systems for reliability, availability, and maintainability.
• Experience working with distributed or hybrid (cloud/on-prem) engineering teams.
• Background in digital evidence, video processing, or mission-critical enterprise SaaS/DEMS.
• Strong track record of mentoring engineers, building cohesive teams, and fostering high-performance cultures.

Benefits that Benefit You

• Medical and Dental Insurance and cover your family up to 3 members
• Vision Insurance
• Robust Paid Time Off policy
• Bonuses
• Lunch allowance
• Cell phone stipend
• Free LinkedIn Learning/Udemy account
• Access to 24/7 online emotional and mental support
• Gym membership
• Free parking
• Stocked fridges and pantries - free coffee, cold beverages, snacks
• Annual Company Outing Trip
• Monthly team social activities

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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Axon's mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon's impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.

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 the recruiting process, please email recruitingops@axon.com. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.