Remote
US
$200K–$379K
💻Engineering
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The big picture: Axios is a modern media company built around clarity, trust, and smart, essential coverage. As AI reshapes how companies operate, Axios has an opportunity to become more AI-native in how we build products, improve workflows, and help teams move faster with better judgment. We are hiring a Sr. Director of Engineering to lead the people, systems, and practices behind reliable products.
Why it matters: This leader will develop engineering managers and senior technical leaders while closely guiding teams using AI to build and experiment. Working closely with the CTO, you will turn company technology direction into clear engineering decisions and execution.
Go deeper: The role spans engineering across Axios products, platforms, and workflows, from our CMS and axios.com to newsletters, Local products, internal tools, and systems supporting the Newsroom and business teams. Product, Newsroom, and business leaders set the goals. Engineering builds the systems and capabilities that help achieve them. The right leader will speed decisions, shorten the path from idea to product, spot risks early, and escalate issues before they grow. Responsibilities include:
Worthy of your time: This leader must be a close partner to the CTO and senior leaders who can explain technical details clearly and dive deep with engineers on technical and architectural questions. Success means faster decisions, a shorter path from idea to product, strong engineering leadership, reliable systems, and an organization that sees around corners. What we’re looking for:
Important: Starting salary for this role is in the range of $250,000 - $270,000 and is dependent on numerous factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, and skills. This range does not include other compensation benefits. Axios' compensation philosophy takes into account the cost of labor differentials across the country. 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.
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. We invest in ongoing learning to ensure every employee is equipped to responsibly and effectively integrate AI into their daily workflows.
Axios is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Axios makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
USD 250,000 - 270,000
Annually
Health Insurance
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Mental Health Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
401(k) / Retirement Plan
Pay Transparency
PTO / Vacation
Paid Holidays
Flexible Schedule
Sick Days
Home Office Stipend
Parental Leave
Fertility Benefits
Learning & Development Budget
Team Events & Social Budget
Employee Resource Groups
No. Axios is Remote-First, and most of its roles are posted as remote within the United States, but some are tied to a specific metro. Local advertising sales is the clearest case: those postings say in-market presence is essential because the role is built on local relationships. The only physical office Axios names on its job board is its headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
Rarely. Axios hires almost entirely within the United States: its postings scope pay ranges to locations within the U.S., and remote roles are listed as U.S.-based. The exceptions are occasional reporting roles tied to covering a specific region abroad. Within the country, some roles narrow further to a region, such as the East Coast, or to a particular local market.
Pay is location-based by stated policy. Axios says its "compensation philosophy takes into account the cost of labor differentials across the country," so the range on a posting is one national envelope and the portion you are eligible for depends on where in the United States you live. Expect wide posted ranges for that reason.
Axios's job postings list a 401(k) with employer match, PPO and high-deductible health plans with an employer HSA contribution, dental and vision coverage, 12 weeks of paid primary caregiver leave, one mental health day per quarter, an annual learning and development stipend, and a $100 monthly work-from-home stipend. There is also the Axios Family Fund, which employees can request financial support from when facing hardship or emergencies.
Axios publishes three employee values: "Axios first: Put colleagues and the cause above yourself. Humility wins," "Excellence always: Hunger to be the very best at what you do," and "Candor: Be candid, respectful and maintain a high degree of integrity." Candor also appears in the company's own value set, defined there as remaining "direct and candid in respectful but unambiguous ways with the audience and each other."
