Senior Director, Engineering

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 110.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Axios is seeking an Engineering Leader to partner with the CTO and engineering leaders to shape strategy and technical direction for a fast-paced, AI-native media company.

You will lead engineering managers, develop top technical talent, and drive delivery quality while aligning with product and business goals across platforms and teams.

Qualifikationen

• Experience leading and developing engineering managers and senior technical leaders.
• Experience setting clear expectations and addressing performance directly.
• Experience helping teams use AI to improve how they build, test, and operate software and experiment with new product capabilities.
• Ability to translate technical details for executives and nontechnical partners.
• Ability to engage deeply with engineers on technical and architectural questions.
• Willingness to actively develop AI literacy and use AI tools to enhance productivity, creativity, and efficiency.

Aufgaben

• Shape engineering strategy and technical direction with CTO and engineering leaders.
• Lead and develop engineering managers and senior technical leaders, supporting accountability and a healthy culture.
• Develop and retain strong talent and hire thoughtfully as needs evolve.
• Strengthen planning, delivery, quality, and reliability.
• Help teams move ideas into products, spot risks, and escape issues early.
• Partner with Product, Design, Newsroom, and business leaders to turn priorities into technical plans.

Kenntnisse

Engineering leadership

AI literacy

Strategic thinking

Effective communication

Collaboration

Tools

Engineering Platforms

Testing Tools

Release Management Tools

Project Management Software

Jobbeschreibung

• Partner closely with the CTO and engineering leaders to shape engineering strategy and technical direction
• Lead and develop engineering managers and senior technical leaders, supporting accountability and a healthy culture
• Develop and retain strong talent and hire thoughtfully as needs evolve
• Strengthen planning, delivery, quality, and reliability
• Help teams make faster decisions, move ideas into products, spot risks, and escape issues early
• Partner with Product, Design, Newsroom, and business leaders to turn priorities into technical plans and align engineering capacity with important work
• Guide architecture, platforms, and reliability decisions, especially across teams
• Own operating standards, guidelines, and practices for planning, building, testing, releasing, operating, and learning
• Establish shared benchmarks and baselines for engineering health
• Lead vendor evaluation and selection for engineering tools, platforms, and services
• Help define engineering leadership and how Axios builds, learns, and delivers as an AI-native media company

Requirements

• Experience leading and developing engineering managers and senior technical leaders
• Experience setting clear expectations and addressing performance directly
• Experience helping teams use AI to improve how they build, test, and operate software and experiment with new product capabilities
• Ability to translate technical details for executives and nontechnical partners
• Ability to engage deeply with engineers on technical and architectural questions
• Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar areas, ask the right questions, and determine when to bring in expertise, invest in platforms, simplify systems, or accept short-term tradeoffs
• Ideally, experience leading teams responsible for high-traffic digital products and the platforms behind them
• Strong vision for how AI and technology will change engineering practices, product development, platforms, and internal workflows
• Willingness to actively develop AI literacy and use AI tools to enhance productivity, creativity, and efficiency

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong leadership in developing engineering managers and technical leaders while fostering a healthy culture. Capable of translating technical details for diverse stakeholders and leveraging AI to enhance engineering practices and product development.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Engineering Leadership
• AI Integration in Software Development
• Technical Strategy Development
• Vendor Evaluation and Selection
• Performance Management

Hard Skills

• Engineering Management
• AI Tools Utilization
• Technical Architecture
• Software Development Lifecycle
• Performance Metrics Establishment

Soft Skills

• Effective Communication
• Team Development
• Decision-Making
• Problem-Solving
• Collaboration

Industry Keywords

• Digital Products
• AI-Native Media
• Engineering Standards
• Product Development
• High-Traffic Platforms

Tools & Technologies

• Engineering Platforms
• Testing Tools
• Release Management Tools
• Project Management Software