Job Description

Posted on November 6, 2020

Headquarters: Axios

URL: https://www.axios.com/

• Work closely with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to build a vision for technology at Axios
• Partner with Engineering Managers to set standards and define best practices
• Hire, retain, support, and grow the engineering talent Axios needs to succeed
• Coach and mentor staff to help them grow in their abilities as they work with cross-functional product-oriented team members
• Ensure all engineers in your domain are delivering high-quality technical output
• Oversee architectural process and help grow architectural skills across engineering
• Partner with engineers to plan, problem solve, and optimize for the best technical solutions
• Demonstrate excellent judgment in professional and technical decision making
• Weigh risk, maintainability, cost-impact, dev-impact, and business impact, to result in proposing the best possible solution
• Promote test-driven-development and prioritize strategies to reduce risk 
• Be an authority on end-to-end systems architecture and modern pipeline design
• Hold yourself and your team accountable to delivering high-quality, pragmatic results that meet the needs of the business in the timelines provided

• Proven track record with extensive experience as a software engineer, architect, and manager with deep, current technical experience 
• Experience leading and managing multiple teams of developers in a fast-growth environment
• Deep, current technical capacity with software development, front-end architecture, data design and implementation, and enterprise-grade software delivery
• Proven track record of creating pragmatic, maintainable systems, using industry-recognized best practices
• Experience shipping, maintaining, scaling, and evolving highly-utilized production products 
• Deep experience applying agile practices to streamline team delivery and output
• Significant, current knowledge of Python, Node related frameworks, and technologies
• Expertise in frontend technologies, specifically React and React Native
• Experience with Go or Native Mobile development, is a plus
• Extensive experience evaluating, implementing, and supporting third-party solutions for ad-tech, BI tooling, and general analytics a huge plus
• A passion for the Axios mission and media 

• Competitive salary
• Health insurance (100% paid for individuals, 75% for families)
• Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
• 401K
• Generous vacation policy, plus company holidays
• Company equity
• Commuter and cell phone benefit
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
• Annual learning and development stipend

• One mental health day per month
• $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
• Tele-mental health services 
• OneMedical membership, including tele-health services 
• Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers 
• Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies 
• Weekly company-sponsored exercise and meditation classes 
• Virtual company-sponsored social events

To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/axios-director-of-engineering

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