Scaling Innovation: How Yoong Empowered Axon to Enhance Public Safety Technology
About Axon
Axon, a global leader in public safety technology, equips over 17,000 law enforcement agencies in over 100 countries with innovative solutions. Known for their meticulous processes and exceptionally high standards for personnel—requiring top-tier expertise, a strong mindset, and cultural alignment—Axon demands the best in the industry. Their comprehensive product suite, including body-worn cameras, Tasers, and data management software, promotes transparency, accountability, and efficiency in public safety operations worldwide. Driven by a commitment to research and development, Axon is dedicated to building a safer and more just world.
The Challenge
Axon's rapid growth and ambitious product roadmap presented a significant staffing challenge. Finding and recruiting the caliber of talent required to meet their stringent standards, while scaling quickly to keep pace with demand, was a complex undertaking. Traditional recruitment methods proved insufficient to source the specialized skills and specific cultural fit Axon required.
The Yoong Solution
Yoong, renowned for its expertise and strong reputation in IT staffing, partnered with Axon to address this critical challenge. Leveraging a robust recruitment process and extensive network cultivated through our website, job boards, dedicated talent acquisition team, and strong developer communities, Yoong was uniquely positioned to identify and attract the highly qualified individuals Axon needed.
Our sophisticated HRM system, incorporating AI-driven automation and optimization, played a crucial role in this success. Processing over 50,000 resumes from diverse channels, the system efficiently filters, ranks, and categorizes applications, combining the power of AI with human oversight to pinpoint the most suitable candidates for Axon's demanding requirements. This allowed us to quickly assemble a dedicated team of 35 highly skilled professionals, specializing in Backend, Frontend, Automation QA, and DevOps, and seamlessly integrate them with Axon's core engineering team using a staff augmentation model. This team, proficient in Cloud, Microservices, .NET Core, Golang, Java, Scala, and QA/QC, focused on developing new features, building robust platform infrastructure, and ensuring optimal product performance, adhering to Axon's meticulous testing and quality assurance protocols across hardware, APIs, and databases.
The Results
The strategic partnership between Yoong and Axon yielded impressive results, reinforcing Axon's leadership in public safety technology:
Successful Development and Deployment of New Features
Yoong's highly skilled team integrated seamlessly with Axon's exacting standards, contributing significantly to the development and release of new, innovative features.
Enhanced Platform Performance and Stability
By augmenting Axon's development capacity with top-tier talent, Yoong helped ensure the stability, performance, and scalability of Axon's critical platforms.
Reduced Errors and Improved Product Quality
Yoong's rigorous testing and quality assurance processes, aligned with Axon's high standards, minimized errors and maximized product quality.
Accelerated Development Cycles
The augmented team enabled Axon to accelerate development cycles, bringing innovations to market faster and maintaining their competitive advantage.
Strengthened Team Capabilities
The collaboration expanded Axon's team capabilities, injecting fresh expertise and promoting a culture of innovation.