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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 29 days Axon's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 2% of Axon's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Axon
- low 0 stale, 11 reposted of 526 open
- Hiring momentum
- 811 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Axon's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Axon.
About this role
As a Senior Imaging Software Engineer at Axon, you will architect and develop software pipelines for processing and delivering video across various products like body cameras and drones. Your work will involve collaborating with teams on camera firmware and image processing, focusing on building high-performance multimedia systems using C/C++ and GStreamer. The role emphasizes debugging complex issues and providing technical leadership within the imaging team.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Axon as an employer.
What you need
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, primarily in C/C++
- Strong experience with camera, video, multimedia, or high-throughput processing pipelines on Linux or embedded platforms
- Hands-on experience with GStreamer or comparable multimedia frameworks
- Strong understanding of buffer management, zero-copy architectures, synchronization, multithreading, and real-time performance
- Strong software architecture and cross-team collaboration skills
- Experience integrating image-processing or computer-vision components into production systems
Nice to have
- Experience with Qualcomm camera platforms, Camera HAL, or CamX
- Experience with robotics and ROS2 System Bus or equivalent inter-process communication protocols
- Knowledge of H.264/H.265 codecs and hardware-accelerated video pipelines
- Experience with camera ISP pipelines, image quality, or camera tuning
- Experience with computer vision or ML-based imaging systems
Worth weighing
- Role requires in-person collaboration Tuesday through Friday, with remote work only on Mondays unless otherwise accommodated
- No salary or specific benefits mentioned in the posting
- The job description may change or be supplemented at any time
- Some roles may require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment
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Listed by Axon on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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