Senior Software Engineer, Backend

About the role

The Reflections team at The New York Times is looking for a Senior Software Engineer. You will be part of a diverse team that includes native mobile engineers, web/backend engineers, QA, product managers, designers and data experts. The Reflections team focuses on personalizing the Times experience, making it feel "yours." We aim to help users effortlessly discover and engage with the journalism they value most, strengthening. and deepening their relationship with the Times.

Responsibilities

• Work with design, product, web/backend and native mobile engineers to refine and develop new features.
• Build systems in modern technologies including Go, TypeScript, Node.js/Express, GraphQL and write high-quality code with best practices in mind.
• Contribute ideas that shape the direction of our products and in taking on work that is meaningful to you.
• Participate in technical discussions with native mobile, web, backend engineers and other owners of internal/external dependencies.
• Work with all parts of the stack and learn new skills.
• Provide production support by participating in on-call rotations for the systems and tools we build.
• Contribute to iteration on internal team processes and norms.
• 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.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and optimizing scalable backend and API-driven services for web and mobile applications using REST or GraphQL.
• 5+ years of experience developing backend systems using modern programming languages such as Go, TypeScript/Node.js.
• 5+ years of experience with SQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), including data modeling and query performance optimization, plus familiarity with NoSQL technologies (e.g., DynamoDB).
• 3+ years of experience building and operating cloud infrastructure on AWS or GCP, including containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation), managed databases, networking, and storage services.
• Demonstrated proficiency with CI/CD, automated testing, observability, monitoring, and feature flag deployments.
• Experience leading projects through the full software development lifecycle, collaborating with stakeholders, and mentoring engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical discussions.