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The New York Times

Software Engineer

The New York Times
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about 11 hours ago
New York, NY, USAMid Level
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$110k - $130k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build web interfaces for our Games using React, TypeScript, and modern HTML/CSS.
  • Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate APIs that support new features and experiments.
  • 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.
  • Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence.

Requirements

  • 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.
  • Comfortable working with HTML and CSS 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.
  • Comfort 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.
  • Demonstrated growth mindset; you seek feedback, learn from mistakes, and are curious about new tools and practices.
  • Interest in working for a mission-driven organization and in building products that delight a wide audience of players.

Benefits

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

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