Description
Axios is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, a senior, hands-on individual contributor, to lead architecture and delivery for its core products across multiple teams using strong product-engineering and AI-native practices.
This role involves leading reliable product and platform work across Axios' frontend and backend systems, driving multi-quarter initiatives, improving technical coherence, and using agentic practices to accelerate delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading cross-team technical initiatives and framing problems
- Owning architecture for a product area and establishing standards
- Hands-on system ownership and writing/reviewing code
- Identifying areas for AI-enabled product and engineering improvements
- Improving quality, reliability, and incident leadership
- Providing technical leadership and mentorship
- Shaping product and technical strategy
The ideal candidate has 7+ years of professional software development experience, expertise in a relevant domain, broad systems thinking, and a commitment to user experience, reliability, scalability, and effective AI-enabled practice.
Required skills include:
- Experience with AI-native development tools
- Frontend development with JavaScript/TypeScript and React
- Backend development with Go and Python
- Data fundamentals and quality/security practices
- Engineering judgment and communication skills
Preferred skills include experience with AI-enabled features, model APIs, and production AI-enabled systems.
The starting salary for this role is in the range of $165,000 - $215,000, dependent on factors such as location, work experience, and skills.
Benefits include:
- 401(k) with employer match
- Health insurance options
- Employer HSA contribution
- Dental and vision coverage
- Paid leave and vacation policy
- Learning and development stipend
- Work-from-home stipend
- Mental health services and OneMedical membership