Software Engineer II

Join Axon and Be a Force for Good

At Axon, we're on a mission to Protect Life, pursuing society's most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software.

Your Impact

As a Software Engineer, you will contribute to the development of Dedrone's airspace security solutions. You will design, develop, and maintain software systems that power our drone detection and mitigation technologies. You will work on complex features, solve non-trivial technical problems, and contribute to technical decisions within your domain.

Location: Germany, Kassel Reports to: Software Engineering Manager

What You'll Do

• Design and develop scalable, high-performance software systems for Dedrone's core products, ensuring reliability through best practices such as code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration
• Contribute to the design of new features and system components, making sound technical decisions within your area of ownership
• Own and deliver features end-to-end, from requirements clarification to production rollout
• Work closely with Product, QA, DevOps, and other stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver high-quality software
• Actively participate in coding, code reviews, troubleshooting, and debugging
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across the stack, including integration challenges, concurrency issues, and performance bottlenecks
• Support production systems, including monitoring, debugging, and implementing long-term fixes for reliability issues
• Create and maintain technical documentation for software design and development processes

What You Bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Professional experience building and operating backend or distributed systems
• Strong programming skills in at least one modern language (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript)
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and distributed systems fundamentals
• Experience designing and building APIs or service components within a microservices architecture
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Understanding of network communication protocols (e.g., HTTP/REST, WebSockets, MQTT)
• Experience working with databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB or similar)

Nice to Have: Experience with real-time or event-driven systems; familiarity with secure coding practices and production system hardening.

Work Location

This role is based out of our Kassel, Germany office and follows a hybrid schedule, onsite Tuesday through Friday with flexibility to work remotely on Mondays.