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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 publishes no dedicated remote work policy page, so its own job board is the closest thing to a stated position. The pay paragraph carried on the majority of open postings reads: "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." Editorial listings say it more directly. An Axios Local editor role asks for "confidence working in a remote-first environment," and a part-time Axios Local reporter role is listed as "Remote, U.S.-based." Source: Axios job board, job-boards.greenhouse.io/axios, July 2026.

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 every quarter, separate from vacation.

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

An employee assistance program with access to Headspace tele-mental health support.

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. Axios publishes a single national range per role, and the band you are eligible for is the one matching your location.

Time Off

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PTO / Vacation

A generous vacation policy sits alongside paid company holidays.

Paid Holidays

Company holidays are provided in addition to the vacation policy.

Flexible Schedule

Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers. No core hours or company-wide scheduling policy is published.

Sick Days

Paid sick days are provided separately from the vacation policy.

Remote & Equipment

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Home Office Stipend

$100 per month work from home stipend.

Family & Care

2

Parental Leave

Primary caregivers receive 12 weeks of paid leave, plus increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers.

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

Virtual company sponsored social events.

Employee Resource Groups

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

Tech Stack

JavaScript & Libraries

React
jQuery
Core.js
Headless UI
Bootstrap

Frameworks

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

Databases

Snowflake
Amazon Redshift
Google Bigquery
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Redis

Infrastructure

Amazon S3
Amazon Route 53
Amazon Ses
SendGrid
Kubernetes
Amazon Eks
Terraform
Circleci

Web Servers

Varnish

CMS & Content

Webflow

Hosting

Amazon Web Services

Analytics & Monitoring

Segment
Sentry
Opentelemetry
Google Tag Manager
Grafana
Prometheus
Grafana Loki

Advertising & Marketing

Google Publisher Tag
Integral Ad Science
Permutive
Blueconic
Sailthru

Payments

Stripe

Integrations

Greenhouse
Slack
Zoom
Airtable
Jira
Google Workspace
Zendesk
Algolia

Media

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
67 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, and local expansion is one of two things publisher Nicholas Johnston named in March 2026 when he described the goal as building "a newsroom of the future, tightly focused on subject matter experts and local expansion." Subscription verticals under Axios Pro 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, with co-founder Jim VandeHei still in the CEO seat.

That strategy is visible on the hiring surface. Every open role carries the same 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." The company keeps its own framing narrow, saying it is "starting to see how AI can help us automate some tasks to focus humans on our most consequential work" and that it will "focus our energy where human journalists win." The tempo is real-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 has made three rounds of job cuts since August 2024, most recently 11 newsroom roles in March 2026, though it also reported beating its 2025 revenue targets.

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