Backend Engineer Intern — Build Fast, Reliable Web Apps

The New York Times; New York (NY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Times Company is seeking an engineering intern for Wirecutter’s developer platform to help improve CI/CD workflows, test and deploy web applications, and analyze performance bottlenecks. You will collaborate with engineers to enhance reliability and latency, while gaining exposure to modern infrastructure concepts.

As an intern, you’ll learn through hands-on projects, contribute to automated quality checks, and expand your understanding of how applications, networks, and

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD workflows, especially automating quality checks and deployment.
• Experience or project work focused on web app performance optimization or latency reduction.
• Foundation in software development and understanding of how applications, infrastructure, and networks work together.
• Thoughtful and curious approach to debugging and problem-solving; collaborative and eager to learn.
• Experience working with AI tools and agents like Claude Code.

Responsibilities

• Help improve CI/CD workflows that automate quality checks and code deployment.
• Investigate web application performance and contribute to latency-reduction efforts.
• Explore network requests and architecture to identify opportunities for better performance and reliability.
• Build, test, and document improvements in collaboration with engineers across the team.
• Share learnings, tradeoffs, results, and follow-up ideas.

Skills

CI/CD workflows

Web performance optimization

Foundational software development

Debugging and problem solving

AI tools experience

Tools

GitHub Actions

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

The New York Times Company is seeking an engineering intern for Wirecutter’s developer platform to help improve CI/CD workflows, test and deploy web applications, and analyze performance bottlenecks. You will collaborate with engineers to enhance reliability and latency, while gaining exposure to modern infrastructure concepts.

As an intern, you’ll learn through hands-on projects, contribute to automated quality checks, and expand your understanding of how applications, networks, and