Associate Newsroom Software Engineer, Interactive News

The New York Times•New York, NY

3d•$96,000 - $110,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The New York Times is seeking a curious and creative associate software engineer to join the Interactive News Technology team. This team is comprised of developer-journalists embedded within the newsroom, responsible for powering new story forms and building tools for newsgathering. They also support breaking news, exclusive reporting, and major events. The role involves pioneering new features in newsroom projects used by hundreds of NYT journalists and millions of readers. Potential projects include creating systems for real-time data coverage (e.g., elections), collaborating on newsroom AI product development, writing software for document research and reader submission collection, and contributing to projects utilizing reader data like quizzes, news games, and WordleBot. The team encourages bringing new ideas for news technology products that do not yet exist. The team works with JavaScript (Node.js, TypeScript, React, Svelte), PostgreSQL databases, hosted Google Cloud services, serverless technologies, and AI tools like Cursor and Claude. Daily work involves collaborating within a project team on feature development and application architectures, demonstrating journalistic and editorial thinking, and a creative approach to tool design and development. This is not a data visualization or reporting role.

Requirements

At least 1 year of experience building web applications in JavaScript (TypeScript preferred)
Experience contributing to newsgathering, reporting, editing, or news presentation processes
Experience taking a technical project from concept to completion, contributing to concept definition, technical design, and technical implementation
Experience working as part of a team to develop software
Experience with A.I. software development best practices

Responsibilities

Prototype new ideas to help our journalists report and tell stories
Contribute to software features from technical design through live operation
Participate in project research and technical design as part of your project team
Build features that are reliable, scalable and secure
Work with newsroom desks to explore bold reporting avenues relating to data, documents or novel story forms
Collaborate with teams across the newsroom including A.I. Initiatives, Data Journalism, and Graphics to create efficient and usable workflows
Ensure that systems provide clear and accurate information to reporters and readers
Sometimes work on tight deadlines around the news
Take part in skill-building and learning opportunities to grow your technical and analytic skills
Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.