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2026 AfroTech Attendees
This opportunity is reserved for registered 2026 AfroTech attendees as part of Axon’s AfroTech recruiting experience. You must be attending AfroTech 2026 to apply through this posting.
Not attending AfroTech this year? We still want to hear from you. Explore current opportunities and find your place at Axon at axon.com/careers.
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
As a Software Engineer Intern, you have foundational computer science knowledge and a strong command of one or more object-oriented programming languages. Your passion is software engineering and coming up with innovative solutions for customer problems. You will grow rapidly by driving high impact features to production with coaching from your veteran teammates.
This role will enable you to elevate your skills to the next level. As an intern, you will have regular 1:1s with your mentor, an experienced engineer on your team. You will get career advice through regular meetings with your manager, who is accountable for developing the careers of their reports. As part of your internship, you’ll get visibility by presenting your ideas, vision, and accomplishments to executive leadership.
Join Forces in an exciting environment where you use your passion, experience, and analytical skills to help bring new solutions to public safety and leave a positive impact on the world.
What You'll Do
- Owning and driving end-to-end features with Product and Design
- Working with the latest open source technologies
- Participating in code reviews and architecture design meetings
- Ensuring that your code hits a high bar for quality and performance
- Daily involvement with all team activities, from standup and sprint planning to team morale events
- Opportunity for on-site agency visits, including ride alongs
What You Bring
- Pursuing graduation in a Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field at a community college, university, or bootcamp
- Experience in at least one object-oriented language such as Java, Python, Scala, Go, C#, or similar
- Effective communication and collaboration skills
- Cultural alignment to Axon Company Values: https://global.axon.com/company/values
- A previous software development internship
- Up-to-date knowledge of the latest in software engineering and open source technologies
- Working knowledge of database technology such as SQL or NoSQL
- Good Linux/Unix/Mac experience
Work Location
This role is based out of our Seattle or Boston 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.
Please Note
- Strive for a full 12 weeks
- Semester interns: May 2027 – August 2027
- Quarter interns: June 2027 – August 2027
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.
Axon’s hourly pay philosophy is made up of base pay and bonus. The actual hourly 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 https://www.axon.com/careers.
Requirements mentioned
- Pursuing graduation in a Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field at a community college, university, or bootcamp
- Experience in at least one object-oriented language such as Java, Python, Scala, Go, C#, or similar
- Effective communication and collaboration skills
- Cultural alignment to Axon Company Values: https://global.axon.com/company/values
- A previous software development internship
- Up-to-date knowledge of the latest in software engineering and open source technologies
- Working knowledge of database technology such as SQL or NoSQL
- Good Linux/Unix/Mac experience
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