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450 employees
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Axios is a news company covering politics, business, tech, and media trends through newsletters, a mobile app, a news stream, and podcasts. Its house writing formula, Smart Brevity, exists to make news consumption easy, efficient, and worthy of a reader's time, and Axios treats belief in it as a hiring criterion.

Axios's Remote Policy

Axios's job postings for remote-optional roles carry a standard pay paragraph: "Because this is a remote-optional job posting, this salary range takes into account all possible locations within the United States, but candidates will only be eligible for the salary range for their location." An Axios Local editor posting asks for "confidence working in a remote-first environment." See Axios's open roles

Benefits & Perks

Health & Wellness

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Health Insurance

PPO and high deductible plan options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network, plus a OneMedical membership with telehealth and personal health advocacy support through HealthAdvocate.

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Axios contributes to a Health Savings Account for employees who choose the high-deductible plan.

Dental Insurance

Dental coverage is included in the benefits package.

Vision Insurance

Vision coverage is included in the benefits package.

Mental Health Benefits

Tele-mental health services through Headspace, plus one mental health day per quarter.

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

An employee-funded Flexible Spending Account is available.

Life Insurance

Life and accidental death coverage is included in the benefits package.

Disability Insurance

Disability coverage is included in the benefits package.

Employee Assistance Program

Axios offers an employee assistance program.

Financial

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401(k) / Retirement Plan

Axios offers a 401(k) with an employer match.

Pay Transparency

Nearly every open role is posted with a salary range, including in states where no law requires one. Each posting carries a single national range, and a candidate is eligible only for the band matching their location.

Time Off

4

PTO / Vacation

Axios describes its vacation policy as generous.

Paid Holidays

Company holidays are provided in addition to the vacation policy.

Flexible Schedule

Axios offers increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers.

Sick Days

Paid sick days are provided separately from the vacation policy.

Remote & Equipment

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Home Office Stipend

Employees receive a $100 monthly work-from-home stipend.

Family & Care

2

Parental Leave

Primary caregivers receive 12 weeks of paid leave.

Fertility Benefits

Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility.

Professional Growth

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Learning & Development Budget

Employees receive an annual learning and development stipend.

Culture & Perks

2

Team Events & Social Budget

Axios runs virtual company-sponsored social events.

Employee Resource Groups

Employee resource groups include Axions of Color, Quaxios for LGBTQIA+ employees, and Women+, alongside an Allies education group.

Tech Stack

JavaScript & Libraries

React
Bootstrap

Frameworks

Next.js
Node.js
Python
Go
TypeScript
Django
GraphQL
Express

Databases

Snowflake
Amazon Redshift
Google BigQuery
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Redis

Infrastructure

Amazon S3
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
Terraform
CircleCI
Apache Kafka
Apache Spark
AWS Glue

CMS & Content

Webflow

Hosting

Amazon Web Services

Analytics & Monitoring

Segment
Sentry
OpenTelemetry
Grafana
Prometheus
Grafana Loki

Advertising & Marketing

Sailthru

Integrations

Greenhouse
Slack
Zoom
Airtable
Jira
Google Workspace
Zendesk
Sage Intacct

Media

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
49 technologies detected

Why Axios

Beyond the flagship newsletters, Axios has pushed hard into local news: Axios Local hires reporters and writers near the markets they cover to feed a growing network of city newsletters. In March 2026 publisher Nicholas Johnston named local expansion as one of the company's two priorities, describing the goal as building "a newsroom of the future, tightly focused on subject matter experts and local expansion." The Axios Pro reporting teams and a live events operation, Axios Live, round out the business. Axios has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises since the 2022 acquisition.

That strategy shows up in Axios's job postings, which carry a standard paragraph: "Axios is committed to embracing artificial intelligence as a core part of how we work. All team members are expected to actively develop AI literacy and use AI tools to enhance their productivity, creativity, and efficiency." Johnston's own framing is narrower: Axios is "starting to see how AI can help us automate some tasks to focus humans on our most consequential work," and will "focus our energy where human journalists win." The work runs on news time: postings ask candidates to remain available for rapid-response editorial requests, and event-facing roles ask for willingness to work non-standard hours, including early mornings and evenings. Employees are called Axions, employee resource groups include Axions of Color, Quaxios for LGBTQIA+ staff, and Women+, and the company runs its own survey to capture demographics and assess inclusion and belonging.

One piece of context worth carrying into an interview: Axios cut staff in August 2024, November 2025 and March 2026, the March round taking 11 newsroom roles as it shifted toward subject matter experts, and it also reported beating its 2025 revenue targets.

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