Jobs at Axios

Report on mergers and acquisitions, including LBOs and hostile takeovers, by breaking exclusive news, developing sources across the dealmaking community, identifying major story ideas, and explaining their significance to Axios readers. The role requires strong writing, collaboration, public speaking, and media appearances across television, radio, podcasts, and social platforms. The reporter will work in a high-pressure environment while supporting Axios’s Smart Brevity style and reader-first mission.

Leads editorial strategy and content for Axios Live events, overseeing event concepts, public-facing materials, participant curation, live coverage, social reporting, and post-event recaps. Manages and coaches an editorial team, coordinates with newsroom and commercial stakeholders, maintains journalistic independence and Smart Brevity standards, and applies editorial judgment during live events. Uses approved AI tools for research and editing while ensuring accuracy and editorial quality.

Staff Software Engineer leading architecture, hands-on development, and delivery of reliable frontend, backend, API, data, and production systems across multiple teams. The role drives multi-quarter initiatives, AI-enabled engineering practices, system scalability, security, observability, incident response, technical standards, mentorship, and alignment between technical investments and product outcomes.

Lead editorial booking strategy for Axios Live’s major events and global tentpoles. Secure high-profile newsmakers, manage and mentor booking staff, build show programs, and coordinate with newsroom and company leadership. Ensure editorial standards, independence, diverse perspectives, and responsiveness to breaking news. Oversee interview preparation, scripts, run-of-show materials, marketing language, and on-site event execution while maintaining relationships with senior executives, policymakers, communications teams, and influencers. Travel regularly and use AI tools to improve booking and production workflows.

Leads engineering strategy, architecture, reliability, delivery practices, and vendor selection across Axios products, platforms, workflows, and internal systems. Develops engineering managers and senior technical leaders, strengthens planning and quality, aligns engineering capacity with business priorities, and partners with executive, product, design, newsroom, and business stakeholders. The role also drives AI adoption in software development and defines engineering standards, benchmarks, and operating practices.

Leads Axios Live’s editorial vision, programming, standards, and team development across live events and digital coverage. Connects booking and coverage functions, partners with newsroom, sales, communications, and partnerships, and ensures editorial integrity across scripts, interviews, marketing materials, recaps, and social content. Shapes new formats and revenue opportunities while using AI and emerging tools to improve workflows. Requires strong newsroom judgment, writing and editing expertise, senior guest relationships, and the ability to operate under pressure and travel for major events.

Leads Axios Product, Design, and AI Enablement organizations; establishes company-wide product strategy, prioritization, governance, and decision rights. Partners with senior leaders and the CTO to identify opportunities, evaluate AI-enabled ideas, and turn successful experiments into durable products and shared platforms. Oversees product portfolio management, strengthens product leadership, and guides development across editorial, revenue, operational, and consumer-facing products.

Produces Axios original video content end to end, from ideation, scripting, and shooting through editing, publishing, promotion, and audience growth. Develops treatments, shot lists, scripts, and production plans; collaborates with editorial, social, audience, revenue, talent, vendors, and production partners; and manages multiple deadlines. Creates platform-native content for YouTube and digital channels using audience insights, search, retention, and performance trends.

Report on the intersection of money and power across the Gulf and Middle East. Anchor a weekly newsletter, explain Gulf investments and economic development, secure major scoops, develop big ideas, and serve as a public authority through events and live interviews. Collaborate across teams while producing clear, high-quality digital and newsletter content aligned with Axios editorial standards and Smart Brevity.

Provides administrative support to the Founders Office by coordinating personal and family logistics, travel, expenses, appointments, errands, vendors, gifting, events, and other recurring tasks. Reports to the Executive Assistant, manages shifting priorities with discretion and strong follow-through, and collaborates with the Chief of Staff and stakeholders. The role suits an early-career professional seeking growth in executive support and encourages the use of AI tools to improve administrative workflows.

Report on Washington, D.C. news, lifestyle, sports and local events while authoring a daily Axios newsletter. The reporter will develop sources, break news, produce conversational Smart Brevity-style content, use AI tools to improve reporting and production, and help shape Axios Local's evolving product. Success requires strong local-market knowledge, entrepreneurial initiative, deadline experience, curiosity, and the ability to create compelling scoops and insights for local readers.

Manage the client experience for Axios Local Marketplace advertisers from campaign setup through execution and reporting. Review and publish listings, ensure accurate and compliant submissions, communicate updates, promote the semi-service model, maintain tracking documents, and analyze performance trends. Collaborate with Product, Sales, and Editorial teams to improve workflows, products, and advertiser and reader experiences as Marketplace expands.

The Business Development Associate supports Axios’ advertising sales team by researching prospects, generating leads, conducting outbound outreach, organizing inbound interest, and managing top-of-funnel sales pipelines. The role helps secure, maintain, and grow client relationships, identify new revenue opportunities, provide exceptional service, and collaborate with sales colleagues. Strong organization, communication, time management, CRM proficiency, project management, and receptiveness to feedback are essential.

Own and grow a local sales territory for Axios by building outbound pipelines, acquiring new advertisers, closing business, and expanding existing partnerships. Lead the full sales cycle, develop territory and category strategies, exceed revenue targets, sell to senior decision-makers, and coordinate deal execution across internal teams. The role focuses on local and regional advertisers within the digital media and news industry and includes representing Axios in-market with willingness to travel.

The reporter will cover local news in Dallas, co-author newsletters, leverage AI for reporting, and engage with the community.

The Software Engineer will design and implement reliable services and APIs using Golang and Python, ensuring performance, scalability, and system reliability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The Reporter will cover local news in Colorado Springs, create newsletters, build sources, and leverage AI for reporting while maintaining a conversational writing style.

Lead optimization of subscription, registration, and paywall experiences through A/B testing and experimentation. Own landing page and first-party data capture testing, SEO/GEO conversion strategies, onsite personalization (Segment), and Piano platform performance. Partner cross-functionally to build a prioritized experimentation roadmap, establish conversion benchmarks, and scale optimization processes to grow subscriptions and improve conversion funnels.

Monitor breaking news in real time, write quick-turn spot stories, flag developments for reporters and editors, collaborate across teams, and maintain a Smart Brevity writing style while using AI tools and social platforms to produce timely digital journalism.

As an Analytics Engineer at Axios, you'll design and maintain data products and visualizations, improving decision-making through actionable insights.