Engineering Manager, Starter Kit (Publishing)

The New York Times•New York, NY

13d•$152,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The New York Times is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead its Publishing group's Starter Kit team. The Publishing group is responsible for content management across all NY Times and bundled brands, empowering development teams to build and evolve experiences with speed, and providing editors and creators with a unified suite of tools. The Starter Kit team specifically develops foundational shared libraries and UI components for applications built on Scoop, the company's CMS and publishing platform. As an Engineering Manager, you will be a key technical and operational leader, collaborating with product, design, and newsroom partners to build solutions for editorial and internal customer workflows. You will lead a team of 5-6 engineers and report to a Senior Engineering Manager.

Requirements

1+ years as an Engineering Manager with people management responsibilities
5+ years of hands-on experience as a software engineer with expertise in the modern frontend ecosystem (TypeScript/ES6+, HTML, and CSS)
Experience with building applications on cloud computing platforms like AWS or GCP
Experience planning a roadmap with cross-functional peers and managing execution and delivery

Nice To Haves

Experience working with GraphQL APIs, Apollo Client or collaborative rich text editing software
Experience working on design systems and shared libraries for frontend software
Interest in or prior experience leading teams to develop productive AI and agentic workflows
Interest in or prior experience with digital journalism or content management

Responsibilities

Manage, coach, and mentor a team of 5-6 mid- to staff level engineers; create career development plans, provide feedback, and identify growth opportunities.
Guide the technical strategy with a tech lead and work with partners to plan the product roadmap.
Oversee team processes, measurement, and delivery; help engineers break down work into small chunks, identify dependencies and tradeoffs, and remove roadblocks. Advocate for AI and Agentic development.
Hold a high technical bar, guiding the team to decisions that ensure the product is performant, secure, observable, and high quality.
Be the bridge between the engineering team, partners, and stakeholders. Help the team understand the business context and editorial goals for the work. Advocate for technical maintenance.
Cultivate a team culture built on trust, collaboration and psychological safety.
Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.