Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Axios is a growth-focused media company dedicated to helping people get smarter, faster on what matters. We’re looking for a Software Engineer to help scale the systems that power Axios’ core products, focusing on building reliable services and APIs that enhance user experience.
Responsibilities
- As a Software Engineer, you’ll develop high-quality, reliable services in a Golang and Python codebase, ensuring performance and stability across Axios’ publishing and delivery platforms. Key responsibilities include:
- API development: Design, implement, and maintain scalable REST APIs to power Axios products
- Service reliability: Build and optimize backend services using Golang and Python, ensuring they are resilient, performant, and maintainable
- Data modeling: Design and evolve database schemas and performant queries to support new features and business requirements
- Collaboration: Work closely with front-end engineers, quality engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver end-to-end features
- Testing & quality: Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests; contribute to Axios’ quality efforts by ensuring backend systems are covered with automated tests
- Performance & observability: Monitor system health, contribute to our logging/metrics implementation, and proactively improve performance and scalability
- AI fluency: Leverage AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or other assistants to accelerate development, improve code quality, and explore creative solutions
- Continuous improvement: Participate in code reviews, propose improvements to architecture and practices, and stay up to date with evolving backend technologies
Skills
- 2–5+ years in backend or full-stack development, with hands-on experience in Golang and/or Python
- Strong understanding of designing and consuming RESTful APIs
- Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL) and ORMs (e.g., Gin, Django)
- Experience with unit and integration testing in Golang and/or Python, and a mindset of embedding quality into development
- Awareness of common patterns for scaling backend services and optimizing performance
- Comfort using tools like GitHub Copilot or Claude Code as part of your day-to-day workflow
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally in an agile environment
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar)
- Experience with gRPC services
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience working with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb)
- Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and security best practices
- Experience with performance testing or load testing of backend services
Benefits
- 401(k) with employer match
- Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
- Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
- Dental and vision coverage
- Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
- Birth-givers will have an additional 6-8 weeks depending on type of delivery, for a total of 18-20 weeks continuous leave
- Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
- One mental health day per quarter
- Annual learning and development stipend
- $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
- Tele-mental health services through Headspace
- OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
- Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
- Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
- Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
- Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
- Virtual company-sponsored social events
- A strong and positive work environment
- A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
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