Staff Software Engineer

Axios is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead architecture and delivery for core products across multiple teams. This senior hands-on individual contributor role uses AI-native practices and involves cross-team technical leadership, architecture ownership, hands-on system ownership, AI-enabled product development, quality and reliability, mentorship, and product strategy. The ideal candidate has 7+ years experience, AI-native development skills, and expertise in frontend (React/Next.js) and

7+ years software development, hands-on AI coding tool experience (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot), ability to direct AI agents, critical review of AI-generated code, frontend with JavaScript/TypeScript/React/Next.js, backend with Go/Python, data fundamentals (SQL, schema design), quality and security practices, engineering judgment, communication, continuous learning.