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Manager, NIBRS and Compliance Engineering

Axon

Remote · Arizona-HQ · Remote · Posted Sep 21, 2026

At a glance

Workplace
Remote
Location
Remote · Arizona-HQ

About the role

  • Axon's NIBRS and Compliance team is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a squad of software engineers.
  • The squad builds, certifies, and continually improves NIBRS and other compliance reporting capabilities in Axon's public safety records management and data platforms.
  • As manager of this team, you will stay close to the work, raise the bar on how the team operates, grow the engineers who do it, and set a clear vision for the next generation of NIBRS and compliance engineering capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a squad of NIBRS and compliance engineers; stay close to current work, constraints, and customer/state program commitments so you can coach, unblock, and make sound tradeoffs.
  • Manage technical and domain details including NIBRS submission and validation frameworks, state-specific implementations, certification paths, and quality, performance, and compliance accuracy on production systems.
  • Identify challenges, propose solutions, and seek feedback from leadership, R&D, and agency/state stakeholders.
  • Own and continually improve how the team operates, including planning, execution, reviews, incident and certification follow-through, and processes supporting deployment and evolution at scale.
  • Account to leadership for resource allocation, delivery, and team performance.
  • Mentor engineers on the team, set clear expectations, give frequent feedback, and grow the team as certification scope and product surface area expand.
  • Partner with R&D and Product Enablement to implement national and state compliance reporting requirements in Axon's records management system.
  • Define where the engineering team goes next and translate that vision into a sequenced roadmap with leadership.

Requirements

  • Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder programs from start to finish, including work that spans product, engineering, and external agencies or regulators.
  • Managerial experience with developing teams and anticipating future demand.
  • Effective communication with both technical and non-technical people, including clients and internal leaders.
  • Demonstrated ability to improve team operations, quality, and delivery.
  • Experience developing and/or maintaining production systems.
  • Must pass a Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) background check and maintain confidential and highly sensitive information.

Preferred qualifications

  • NIBRS, UCR, and/or other compliance reporting experience is strongly preferred.

Benefits

  • 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
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Workplace

  • Travel as needed to Axon hubs and customer/state program sites, typically up to 25%.

Skills

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Python

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