Frontend Software Engineer

We are seeking a passionate and experienced frontend engineer with a strong focus on resiliency, real-time responsiveness, and seamless integration across web and desktop platforms to join the Prepared team. This is an opportunity to join a growing engineering team (currently ~60 engineers) and make a large impact while operating with a high degree of autonomy and ownership.

While most legacy software in 911 centers is clunky and outdated, we are dedicated to crafting seamless and intuitive user experiences that support the critical work that our users are doing every day. This role is pivotal in driving the development of scalable, reusable, and high-performance user interfaces. You'll work closely with design and engineering teams to craft delightful user experiences while ensuring that our codebase is clean, maintainable, and future-proof.

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation offour days per week in our Manhattan office. What You'll Do

• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to translate complex user requirements into performant, intuitive features.
• Drive the adoption of best practices in front-end development in order to meet the high-resiliency needs for complex and mission-critical systems
• Heavily influence architectural design and implementation of scalable and reusable front-end systems using React.
• Analyze and address architectural challenges, such as state management, rendering performance, and scaling complex UIs.
• Contribute to and advocate for front-end testing strategies, ensuring high-quality code through unit and integration tests.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering growth and knowledge-sharing across the team., We collect personal information from applicants to evaluate candidates for employment. You may request access, deletion, or exercise other CCPA rights at or via our Axon Privacy Web Form. For more information, please see the Your California Privacy Rights section of our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.

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.

• 5+ years of software engineering industry experience, with at least 3 years focused on designing and engineering user-facing features and interfaces
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in React and TypeScript
• Familiarity working with GraphQL APIs
• Deep understanding of front-end architecture, including state management (e.g., Redux, Context API, etc.)
• Desire to work in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience working closely with product and design teams
• Our team is leaning into agentic software development workflows, and we're looking for engineers who have experimented with-or are enthusiastic about embracing-AI-augmented ways of building software

Bonus Points

• Experience in an early-stage startup
• Experience with real-time communication apps

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionary time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Fitness Programs
• Emotional & Development Programs
• And yes, we have snacks in our offices, 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 141,000 in the lowest geographic market and USD 216,600 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 ;br> Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. 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 ;br> Base Pay Range

$141,000-$216,600 USD

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.

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 Axon 911 Axon 911 brings together Prepared and Carbyne under Axon. Together, we are creating the only platform that combines modern 911 infrastructure with an AI intelligence layer-helping public safety agencies move faster, make better decisions, and deliver better outcomes in the moments that matter most. 911 is the backbone of public safety, yet the professionals behind it have long been held back by outdated technology. Axon 911 is here to change that. Joining this team means more than taking a job-it means helping shape the future of emergency response and building a safer, more connected world.