Senior Software Engineer, CI/CD

The New York Times•New York, NY

1d•$140,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Developer Platforms organization provides foundational platforms and tooling to 100+ teams and 750+ engineers through an internal developer platform. Our Application Delivery team owns the shared software delivery platform (CI/CD, artifact management) and deployment workflows used by hundreds of engineers across News, Cooking, Games and Audio to ship software. As NYT leans into AI‑assisted development and agentic workflows, Application Delivery is where those changes become real: pipelines, deployment strategies, and guardrails that turn AI‑generated changes into safe, observable releases at scale. As a Senior Software Engineer on Application Delivery, you'll build and evolve the delivery platform that every product and platform team relies on. Your work will shape how code flows from GitHub into production, how we keep deployments boring (in a good way), and how agentic workflows run through CI/CD. You'll help teams ship faster and more safely, reduce release risk with modern deployment patterns, and turn effective delivery practices into reusable pipelines and templates that scale across the organization, much like our GenAI platform roles turn internal practices into reusable tools and agents. When you improve this platform, you change how The New York Times ships software.

Requirements

5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating CI/CD and software delivery systems (for example, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, or equivalent) with clear impact on how teams ship software
Proficiency in at least one general‑purpose programming language such as Go, Python, TypeScript/Node.js, or Java, including strong skills in code review, debugging, and improving reliability and performance
3+ years of experience with containers and Kubernetes; package‑management tools such as Helm; infrastructure‑as‑code tools such as Terraform; GitOps‑based deployment workflows; and cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP
Hands‑on experience with GenAI‑assisted developer tools (for example, Cursor, Copilot, or Claude Code) and passion in applying them to delivery workflows, from test generation to background agents running in CI/CD
Experience collaborating with cross‑functional partners (Product, platform, and product engineering teams) to design delivery workflows, communicate trade‑offs, and drive adoption of shared platforms

Nice To Haves

Experience with artifact and package management systems such as Artifactory or similar, with attention to security, retention, cost, and developer experience
Familiarity with delivery observability practices and tools, and experience using CI/CD metrics and deployment events to improve reliability and team workflows
Experience working on or with platform, SRE, or infrastructure teams operating mission‑critical developer platforms under clear reliability expectations

Responsibilities

Design and build shared CI/CD capabilities (GitHub Actions, Argo CD, and related services) and delivery workflows that teams across The Times use every day to integrate, test, and deploy their services.
Evolve modern deployment strategies (for example, canary, blue/green, progressive rollouts) so that safe, low‑drama releases are the default.
Deeply integrate GitHub workflows into our delivery platform—branch protections, checks, Marketplace‑style actions—so source control and CI/CD feel like one cohesive experience.
Help make our systems agent‑ready by supporting safe, observable GenAI‑assisted workflows in CI/CD (for example, background agents for migrations, test generation, and pipeline maintenance) in partnership with Developer AI.
Instrument delivery workflows with metrics, logs, and alerts; integrate with Datadog, DX, and other observability tools to make delivery health visible and actionable, and meet “Always Ready” expectations with SRE and Product Infrastructure Engineering.