Senior Engineering Manager, Web Foundations, News Product

The New York Times•New York, NY

About The Position

The New York Times seeks to set the standard in everything it does. As the Web Foundations Senior Engineering Manager, you will guide the way to deliver the best web news experience in the industry to millions of readers globally. We're looking for a visionary, technically deep, and decisive Engineering Manager to identify and drive improvements that significantly elevate the quality of The Times's news web presence. You'll lead a team of 6-8 direct reports, as well as initiatives that span teams and departments in the company, to drive this impact. You will lead initiatives that span the entire web stack from user-facing frontend rendering and personalized reader experiences, to CDN optimization, to scalable back-end services.

Requirements

2+ years of engineering team leadership experience
Demonstrated experience translating high-level goals into a clear, iterative technical strategy and driving execution
Demonstrated experience designing and leading comprehensive programs to improve system resilience and efficiency in a high-traffic environment
Expertise using observability (monitoring, logging, tracing) to proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve quality issues
Demonstrated ability to build collaborative, cross-team efforts that harness the full spectrum of expertise and viewpoints across the organization

Nice To Haves

Experience leading engineering for a high-traffic, consumer-facing website
Experience managing frontend performance, optimization, and accessibility
Experience with modern web architectures (e.g., SSR, edge rendering, micro-frontends)
Experience architecting and scaling web personalization or recommendation systems
Experience with DataDog Real User Monitoring (RUM)
Experience in the news industry, or familiarity with content management systems and editorial workflows
Experience mentoring Staff+ engineers

Responsibilities

Define the strategic roadmap by partnering with Engineering and Product leadership to identify, prioritize, and scope the highest-leverage opportunities to enhance the core news experience.
Lead and execute complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives that deliver measurable improvements to site performance, reliability, and technical quality.
Scale and evolve foundational backend services, such as personalization and sitemaps, so they can be expanded into new product contexts.
Partner with the Native Foundations Senior Engineering Manager to improve the stability and performance of webview and hybrid contexts in our iOS and Android applications.
Mentor and grow a high-performing team of 6–8 engineers, including Staff Engineers.
Proactively partner with engineering teams across the organization towards News Product goals.
Offer technical perspective while fostering inclusive decision-making that incorporates diverse perspectives.
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.