Software Engineer

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 our audience-facing products.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable REST APIs to power Axios products
• Build and optimize backend services using Golang and Python, ensuring they are resilient, performant, and maintainable
• Design and evolve database schemas and performant queries to support new features and business requirements
• Work closely with front-end engineers, quality engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver end-to-end features
• Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests; contribute to Axios’ quality efforts by ensuring backend systems are covered with automated tests
• Monitor system health, contribute to our logging/metrics implementation, and proactively improve performance and scalability
• Leverage AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or other assistants to accelerate development, improve code quality, and explore creative solutions
• Participate in code reviews, propose improvements to architecture and practices, and stay up to date with evolving backend technologies

Requirements:

• 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