Scaling Innovation: How Yoong Empowered Axon to Enhance Public Safety Technology

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.

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.

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.