Axios is a new media company delivering vital, trustworthy news and analysis in the most efficient, illuminating, and shareable ways possible. Backed by Greycroft.
About the role
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.
What they're looking for
- Partner closely with the CTO and engineering leaders to shape engineering strategy and technical direction
- Lead and develop engineering managers and senior technical leaders, supporting clear accountability and a healthy culture. Develop and retain strong talent, and hire thoughtfully as needs evolve
- Strengthen planning, delivery, quality, and reliability. Help teams make faster decisions, move ideas into products, spot risks, and escalate issues early
- Partner with Product, Design, Newsroom, and business leaders to turn priorities into technical plans and match engineering capacity to the most important work
- Bring strong judgment to architecture, platforms, and reliability, especially when tradeoffs span teams
- Own the operating standards, guidelines, and practices that help engineering teams plan, build, test, release, operate, and learn effectively
More about this role
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:
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