Data Engineer (Python/Java, Big data)

Axon’s Data and Integrations team is looking for a data engineer to build scalable, durable, and extensible data models and pipelines—optimizing ingestion and management of data from multiple sources to help public safety agencies protect life and truth.

As one of the founding engineers on the team, you will make key design decisions that will shape a series of data products and services. You’ll create and maintain data ingestion, management, and business intelligence tools alongside Axon’s newest public safety technology products.

You will join our team to work on complex data engineering problems. We’ll look to you to help us design, create, and maintain low-latency, near-realtime data systems that are mission critical for public safety. You will be responsible for creating scalable ETL and streaming processes, efficient data pipelines, and a data warehouse that delivers value to technical users in public safety agencies.

Your Day to Day

• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines, warehouses, and reporting systems to support Axon’s public safety products.
• Build the data products that technical users will depend on for business intelligence and ad-hoc access.
• Partner with internal teams and agencies to make public safety data accessible and actionable.
• Influence peers, advise senior leaders, coach and mentor junior team members.
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration among engineers and contribute to the broader community of senior engineers.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, engineering, or other quantitative field
• 3+ years of industry experience in data warehousing and modeling on highly available SQL and non-relational (NoSQL and distributed database management systems)
• Fluent in writing and optimizing SQL with demonstrated strength in writing complex, high-optimized queries across large data sets
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language, Python, R, or similar
• Demonstrated strength in development and optimization of low latency pipelines for both stream and batch data in Apache Spark or similar
• Must maintain confidential and highly sensitive information
• Fluency in English is a must

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Cascading, Hive, PrestoDB, Zookeeper, etc.
• Knowledge of distributed systems and resource optimization for data storage and processing
• Backend engineering experience (Java, Scala, C++, or similar)
• Experience with BI tools like Tableau, PowerBI, etc.