Backend Platform Intern - CI/CD, Performance & Cloud

thenewyorktimes; New York (NY); On-site; USD 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Times is seeking a Developer Platform intern to assist Wirecutter's infrastructure and software delivery. You will help test, deploy, and operate web applications, exploring performance bottlenecks and improving automated quality checks.

You will collaborate with engineers to build improvements, document results, and share insights on latency and architecture tradeoffs. The role emphasizes curiosity and learning.

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD workflows and automating quality checks and deployments.
• Experience or projects in web application performance optimization.
• Foundation in software development and understanding of infra, networks and apps.
• Curiosity in debugging, collaborative learning, and problem-solving mindset.
• Experience with AI tools and agents like Claude Code.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

CI/CD workflows

Web performance

Software development basics

Curious problem solving

AI tools (Claude Code)

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Job description

The New York Times is seeking a Developer Platform intern to assist Wirecutter's infrastructure and software delivery. You will help test, deploy, and operate web applications, exploring performance bottlenecks and improving automated quality checks.

You will collaborate with engineers to build improvements, document results, and share insights on latency and architecture tradeoffs. The role emphasizes curiosity and learning.