Software Engineer, Content Data Products

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, design, other engineers, and newsroom partners to build content data products and APIs within the NYT's publishing platform, including internal data solutions and external offerings
• Take ownership of features or components, driving them from requirements gathering through design, implementation, QA, deployment, and monitoring
• Use AI to process our archive and turn unstructured data into structured data, while developing a deep understanding of what we're building and how to use it
• Ensure a high degree of code quality, security, and system observability
• Drive architectural excellence by establishing best practices for high concurrency, data-intensive systems
• Champion a "quality-first" culture by architecting automated testing frameworks that ensure service reliability at scale
• 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

• 2+ years of software engineering experience
• Fluency in backend technologies (Go, Python, Java or similar) and SQL databases
• Experience designing and building data backend services and APIs that other teams can build on
• Experience with data feeds development
• Experience with CI/CD concepts and tooling
• Experience with infrastructure orchestration and familiarity with cloud computing platforms like GCP or AWS
• Understanding of application and data security best practices
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively as a part of a cross-functional team

Preferred Qualifications

• Front-end familiarity (JavaScript, React) to contribute across the stack when needed
• Understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes, data pipelines, and data architecture
• Experience with AI/ML
• Experience with Content Management Systems
• Experience with metadata and tagging
• Familiarity with extracting or digitizing content from multiple sources

Pay and Benefits

The annual base pay range for this role is between: $110,000 - $130,000 USD. 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, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.