Software Engineer, Programming

The New York Times•New York, NY

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

The New York Times is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Programming team. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, Programming and work with a team of engineers and cross-functional partners to build tools to support the newsrooms and bundled brands of the NY Times. The Programming team is building the next generation homepage programming systems for the newsroom editors who curate The New York Times homepage every day. We're building an entirely new version of our editorial process and the applications that power it, while maintaining all of our mission-critical standards for publishing news. This team will partner with other technology teams across the company to build these new tools for our journalists. The new Programming tools will make variants, curation, algorithmic programming, and experimentation much easier, improving the editing team's workflow.

Requirements

2+ years of software engineering experience; demonstrated ability to write correct, clean, and reusable code that is easily maintainable by other team members.
2+ years of experience with JavaScript
Fluency in HTML and CSS; able to apply design systems and integrating UI components from shared libraries
Experience looking for feedback to improve as an engineer and supporting the growth of peers through helpful code reviews
Demonstrated experience working collaboratively as a part of a cross-functional team

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with modern JavaScript ecosystem (ES6+, Typescript, Node.js, React)
Experience implementing features in frontend applications with complex state
Experience integrating with APIs (e.g. GraphQL or REST)
Familiarity with cloud computing platforms like GCP or AWS
Understanding of web application security best practices
Interest in or prior experience with digital journalism or content management

Responsibilities

Collaborate with product, design, other engineers, and newsroom partners to develop editorial tools for programmed surfaces, ensuring we align technical choices with our goals and editorial workflows.
Develop new features and improve existing components from requirements gathering through design, implementation, QA, deployment, and monitoring
Build reliable, secure, and observable features, while identifying bugs or technical debt within the team's domain
Review code written by other software engineers on the team and provide feedback
Contribute to and advocate for testing strategies to ensure service reliability
Partner with other engineers to deploy and operate new features in production
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.