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The New York Times · 1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer, Community

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$140K/yr - $160K/yr

5+ years exp

The New York Times is committed to independent journalism and is seeking a collaborative frontend software engineer to join their Community team. The role involves building web-based reader-facing experiences, enhancing moderation tooling, and collaborating with backend engineers to create a community platform for the NYT bundle.

Digital MediaJournalismNews

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, creation and maintenance of scalable frontend systems that are performant across browsers and platforms

Prototype experiments with designers and product managers

Ensure seamless integrations of services in collaboration with backend engineers

Use modern approaches to monitoring and observability to detect and resolve issues

Learn and share new technologies with other engineers

Mentors junior engineers by providing technical guidance, constructive feedback, and ongoing support to accelerate skill development and career growth

Improve internal team processes, norms and documentation appropriate for a high-class platform team

Occasionally work at the speed of news, to take advantage of news opportunities

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

Qualification

JavaScript frameworksFrontend frameworksCI/CD toolingRelational databasesCloud platform servicesAgile methodologiesTechnical guidanceWritten communicationCollaboration

Required

Have 5+ years of experience building and maintaining large-scale user facing web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks on both client and server

Demonstrate expertise in frontend frameworks (React, Angular, Vue), web standards and technologies (W3C, web performance, accessibility, routing, and bundling)

Lead technical projects and architectural decisions informed by business context

Demonstrate proficiency resolving issues in a production environment

Demonstrate proficiency with CI/CD tooling (e.g. Github Actions, Drone), automated and load testing, feature flag deployments, observability, and monitoring

Demonstrate proficiency with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL

Can create clear, organized written and visual communication

Explore new and unfamiliar product spaces, and share insights with your team

Preferred

Build and deploy applications in one or more backend languages (Node.js, Python, Go), to collaborate with backend engineers

Find their way around cloud platform services such as GCP or AWS

Explain the purpose behind one or more Agile methodologies

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

Professional development programs

Company

The New York Times

The New York Times is powered by the idea that independent, deeply reported journalism fuels a healthy and engaged society.

Founded in 1851

New York, New York, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.nytco.com/

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