Graphics/Multimedia Editor, Publishing and Storytelling Tools

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The Graphics department at The New York Times is looking to hire an experienced engineer to build interactive applications, infrastructure, and tools that power our visual journalism. Our most ambitious data-driven projects rely on bespoke systems to publish multimedia stories to our readers at scale. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will architect, build, and maintain the cloud infrastructure that powers those stories.

About the role

You have demonstrated experience creating visually compelling interactive experiences and expertise in creating tooling and systems to build web-based features. Here are some examples of the types of projects you might help build or power with the tools you create:

• The New York Times 2024 Election Results
• The Needle: Live 2024 Presidential Election Forecast
• President Trump’s Approval Ratings: Latest Polls
• Track Covid-19 in the U.S.
• What It Was Like Inside Syria’s Most Fearsome Prison
• The Complex Deportation Network Behind Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

The Graphics department is a group of journalists and visual thinkers with creative backgrounds ranging from architecture to cartography to computer science. We are curious about all kinds of things and seek individuals who bring their own curiosity to bear in creative approaches to storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain software used by graphics developers to render and publish visual journalism.
• Build and improve pipelines for ingesting, processing, and displaying large data sets like national election results and statistical models.
• Facilitate and guide contributions from other developers to our core software libraries.
• Maintain automatic cloud tooling to support high-frequency publishing, data ingestion, and data analysis.
• Sketch and quickly build prototypes of interactive applications, graphics, and other types of multimedia story forms.
• Ensure compliance with web performance and accessibility standards.
• Collaborate on news deadlines with a multidisciplinary team.
• 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.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Expertise in development of interactive graphics, data dashboards, and websites, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Expertise in building software and tooling for the development and publication of websites and interactive applications
• Demonstrated experience working with Svelte or other modern web technologies
• Expertise in managing applications in complex cloud computing environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience meeting deadlines and adapting to change in a daily, unpredictable news production environment
• Skill in interface design and information graphic design
• Curiosity and interest in the news, and in finding innovative approaches to telling stories
• Experience creating news graphics in a variety of formats and timeframes

Schedule

This is an in-office position based in New York and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.

Pay

The annual base pay range for this role is between $113,270.67 and $155,000 USD.

Benefits

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
• A company-matching 401(k) plan
• Paid vacation, sick days, and parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development programs

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.