Software Engineer, Games

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

• Develop and test entry points across NYT surfaces (web and mobile) using React, TypeScript, and modern HTML/CSS to help players see the value of a Games subscription and become subscribers.
• Collaborate with partner teams to monetize our games through subscriptions, notably running Games Sales and iterating our marketing landing page.
• Participate in the full development lifecycle, including technical design, implementation, code review, testing, and release.
• Instrument features for observability and experimentation, working with analytics and product partners to define success metrics.
• Debug and resolve issues in frontend code, Node.js services, and supporting infrastructure.
• Help improve our frontend architecture, shared components, and developer tooling.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for the systems you help build.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of full-time software engineering experience building and supporting user-facing features in large-scale web applications using TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks such as React
• Demonstrated understanding of frontend web fundamentals (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, web performance) to deliver accessible, responsive user interfaces
• Experience in version control tools (Git, Bitbucket, etc.)
• Familiarity with server-side web development (for example, Node.js, Go, or a similar language), or a clear interest in learning it
• Experience troubleshooting issues in production using logs, metrics, and monitoring tools
• Experience collaborating with designers, product managers, and other engineers to ship features
• Experience creating detailed technical documentation, including the ability to explain tradeoffs and rationale in writing and in conversation

Benefits

• 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