Software Engineer

Details

• API development: Design, implement, and maintain scalable REST APIs to power Axios products.
• Service reliability: Build and optimize backend services using Golang and Python, ensuring they are resilient, performant, and maintainable.
• Data modeling: Design and evolve database schemas and performant queries to support new features and business requirements.
• Collaboration: Work closely with front-end engineers, quality engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver end-to-end features.
• Testing & quality: Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests; contribute to Axios’ quality efforts by ensuring backend systems are covered with automated tests.
• Performance & observability: Monitor system health, contribute to our logging/metrics implementation, and proactively improve performance and scalability.
• AI fluency: Leverage AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or other assistants to accelerate development, improve code quality, and explore creative solutions.
• Continuous improvement: Participate in code reviews, propose improvements to architecture and practices, and stay up to date with evolving backend technologies.
• Experience: 2–5+ years in backend or full-stack development, with hands-on experience in Golang and/or Python.
• API expertise: Strong understanding of designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Databases: Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL) and ORMs (e.g., Gin, Django)
• Testing: Experience with unit and integration testing in Golang and/or Python, and a mindset of embedding quality into development.
• Performance & scalability: Awareness of common patterns for scaling backend services and optimizing performance.
• AI tooling: Comfort using tools like GitHub Copilot or Claude Clode as part of your day-to-day workflow.
• Collaboration: 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.
• Reliable systems: You build services that are stable, scalable, and meet the needs of Axios’ products and readers.
• Quality code: You write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code that reduces defects and simplifies future development.
• Collaboration: You work closely with teammates across front-end, product, and QE to deliver features efficiently and effectively.
• AI-driven efficiency: You integrate AI tools into your workflow to accelerate development, improve code quality, and continuously learn.
• Performance focus: You monitor and improve backend performance, ensuring services are fast and resilient.
• Continuous growth: You sharpen your skills, share knowledge with teammates, and contribute to improving Axios’ engineering practices.
• 401(k) with employer match
• Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
• Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
• Dental and vision coverage
• Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
• Birth-givers will have an additional 6-8 weeks depending on type of delivery, for a total of 18-20 weeks continuous leave
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
• One mental health day per quarter
• Annual learning and development stipend
• $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
• Tele-mental health services through Headspace
• OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
• Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
• Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
• Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
• Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
• Virtual company-sponsored social events
• A strong and positive work environment
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture