Job brief: Mission Engineer - Chicago

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Axon's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (2 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address Axon's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $127,500 to $204,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Chicago, Illinois, United States · United States
• Posted: 2026-09-15

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The posting asks for 8+ years of experience.

Must have

• Experience in customer-facing technical roles, program management, operational transformation, or complex deployment environments (typically 8+ years; varied experience welcome)
• owning the build is required
• Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok.
• All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures.

Conditions

• Priorities shift with agency mission tempo, operational crises, and emerging opportunities.
• Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.

Main duties

• This role is intentionally undefined in the day-to-day. Priorities shift with agency mission tempo, operational crises, and emerging opportunities. If you ne…
• Building is the job. You will use Axon's platform — AI Era, agents, workflows, integrations, and data tools — to design, build, and ship new capabilities on …
• Onsite Building & Platform Delivery
• Discover agency problems onsite and translate them into buildable, compliant solutions tied to mission outcomes
• Design and ship working tools on Axon's platform: AI agents, workflows, automations, integrations, and data pipelines — built and tested with real users and …

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in Chicago, IL: $168k a year (57 listings, 21 employers). This listing pays about the same.
• Across Axon's 387 open listings, 48% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Axon hires

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