Sr. Database Reliability Engineer II

Company: Axon
Location: Seattle
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Job Description:

Your ImpactIn the Axon's Platform team, we're solving some of the hardest cloud challenges today. We provide the underlying system that ingests tens of petabytes of video from hundreds of thousands of officers around the world. We ensure that these videos are uploaded accurately, stored safely and permanently, and with audit-logging to track chain of custody and use. We also handle a growing set of other types of evidence: audio, photographs, sensor streams, you name it. We are one of the world's largest customers of Blob storage.We're now at the 'knee of the curve', as we are transitioning to industrial-strength reliability and modern cloud software offerings. If you enjoy working on large-scale projects, and collaboratively leading and setting the technical direction of a team, this role is for you.What You'll DoLocation: Seattle, Scottsdale, Atlanta, BostonReports to: Engineering DirectorDirect Reports: None

• Lead coding, configuration management, and code reviews
• Lead and participate in datastore optimization and long-term choices to standardize Axon's datastore platform
• Build out an automated k8s-based platform to manage the lifecycle of datastore technologies
• Join forces with peers across Axon to facilitate application design as it relates to the consumption of datastore technologies
• Develop a platform that vends datastore solutions and promotes best-practice utilization patterns
• Partner with our application teams to troubleshoot and suggest datastore utilization optimizationsWhat You Bring
  • This position involves handling of classified federal data; under federal regulations, it is open to US Citizens only
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering; Masters degree a plus
  • 10+ years of professional software development experience; Platform automation tooling and/or developer experience tooling a plus
  • Experience and depth designing complex systems at scale
  • Experience and depth with microservice architectures and patterns; Monolith migrations to microservice architectures a plus
  • Experience and depth with Cloud (i.e. Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.) hosted services, architectures, and patterns
  • Experience and depth with observability platforms like Grafana, DataDog, or New Relic
  • Experience with various relational and noSQL datastore solutions with the ability to go deep on at least one technology (e.g. MySQL, Cassandra, etc.)
  • Experience and depth with queueing solutions like Kafka
  • Experience and depth with IaC platforms like Terraform, Pulumi, etc.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 officesBenefits 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 153,600 in the lowest geographic market and USD 230,400 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 .
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