Senior Director, Engineering

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $250,000–$250,000🗓 2026-09-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead engineering strategy, people, and practices for a modern media company, enabling faster product delivery and AI-integrated workflows.

Role type

Senior Director of Engineering (Strategy & Leadership)

Builds

Engineering systems, platforms, and capabilities for news products, CMS, newsletters, and internal tools.

Domain

Media & Technology

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Engineering leadership, team development, AI integration, technical strategy, architecture judgment, vendor evaluation, operational standards.

Preferred skills

Experience with high-traffic digital products, vision for AI in engineering practices.

Technologies

AI tools, CMS, internal platforms.

Responsibilities

Partner with CTO to shape engineering strategy; develop engineering managers and senior leaders; strengthen planning, delivery, and reliability; partner with product/business leaders on technical plans; define operating standards and benchmarks; lead vendor evaluation for engineering tools.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with significant leadership scope

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About Axios

Axios is committed to embracing artificial intelligence as a core part of how we work. All team members are expected to actively develop AI literacy and use AI tools to enhance their productivity, creativity, and efficiency. We invest in ongoing learning to ensure every employee is equipped to responsibly and effectively integrate AI into their daily workflows.