Design a Nearest-Timestamp Status Record Service

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Design a service that ingests out-of-order officer status records and returns the retained record nearest a requested event time, preferring the earlier record on ties. Cover deduplication, rolling retention, partitioning, consistency, clock skew, and late data.

Design a Nearest-Timestamp Status Record Service

Company: Axon

Role: Software Engineer

Category: System Design

Difficulty: hard

Interview Round: Technical Screen

Overview: Design a service that ingests out-of-order officer status records and returns the retained record nearest a requested event time, preferring the earlier record on ties. Cover deduplication, rolling retention, partitioning, consistency, clock skew, and late data.

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Aug 2, 2026
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