Associate Software Engineer, Newsroom Tech

The New York Times Company; New York (NY); On-site; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Variable pay and restricted stock

Medical, dental and vision benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)

401(k) company matching

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development programs

Job summary

The New York Times Company in New York, NY is looking for an Associate Newsroom Software Engineer for Interactive News to help build features and architectures used by journalists and readers. You will join a collaborative project team that values journalistic thinking and innovative software design.

On a daily basis you’ll prototype ideas, contribute to live features, and work with desks across the newsroom—AI Initiatives, Data Journalism, and Graphics—to create reliable, scalable workflows

Qualifications

• Experience contributing to newsgathering, reporting, editing, or news presentation processes.
• Experience taking a technical project from concept to completion, including design and implementation.
• Experience working as part of a team to develop software; familiarity with newsroom workflows.

Responsibilities

• Prototype new ideas to help our journalists report and tell stories.
• Contribute to software features from technical design through live operation.
• Participate in project research and technical design as part of your project team.
• Build features that are reliable, scalable and secure.
• Work with newsroom desks to explore bold reporting avenues relating to data, documents or novel story forms.
• Collaborate with teams across the newsroom including AI initiatives, data journalism, and graphics to create efficient and usable workflows.
• Ensure that systems provide clear and accurate information to reporters and readers.
• Sometimes work on tight deadlines around the news.
• Take part in skill-building and learning opportunities to grow your technical and analytic skills.

Skills

Newsroom software development

Team collaboration

AI development practices

Job description

The New York Times Company in New York, NY is looking for an Associate Newsroom Software Engineer for Interactive News to help build features and architectures used by journalists and readers. You will join a collaborative project team that values journalistic thinking and innovative software design.

On a daily basis you’ll prototype ideas, contribute to live features, and work with desks across the newsroom—AI Initiatives, Data Journalism, and Graphics—to create reliable, scalable workflows