Graphics/Multimedia Editor, Elections Data Developer (Election Analytics)

The New York Times; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Restricted stock

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) matching

Paid vacation

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

The New York Times Election Analytics team is hiring an experienced data developer to create and manage data sources for our election coverage. You will build pipelines, ensure data quality, and improve observability across the model and related applications.

You will work with analysts, reporters, and engineers to support real-time election-night data products, dashboards, and graphics, reporting to the Director of Election Analytics.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in data development or analytics.
• Experience with data-oriented programming languages such as R or Python.
• Experience with cloud providers like GCP or AWS.
• Experience working with large datasets and data management best practices.
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule to support elections coverage.

Responsibilities

• Create test data for the election-night model and graphics.
• Build and improve pipelines for ingesting, processing, and displaying large datasets.
• Develop observability tools for model and data monitoring, enabling fast debugging on election night.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand data needs and schema requirements.
• Develop and maintain libraries in R that form the basis of internal apps.
• Balance engineering speed with the demands of news delivery.
• Support the newsroom with data-driven insights and uphold journalistic independence.

Skills

R

Python

Cloud computing

Data management

Collaboration

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Amazon Web Services

BigQuery

ETL pipelines

Orchestration tooling

Job description

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

The Election Analytics team produces flagship, standard-setting elections coverage, including the live, election night statistical model known as the Needle and The New York Times/Siena Poll. The department is looking to hire an experienced data developer to contribute to data creation, management and architecture across our products.

Underneath our poll and the Needle are massive amounts of data. This includes the voter file, as well as demographics for different localities, hundreds of scrapers collecting precinct data and countless pipelines for processing and cleaning data. Our understanding of the electorate is only as good as the data we have access to, including the data we create to test our systems and the election night model itself.

You will have a central role in creating and cleaning these data sources for use in our products. You will help knit together data from different sections of the team to build our understanding of what may happen on election night throughout the year. And you will ensure we have proper observability into how data is being used.

Election Analytics is a multidisciplinary team of reporters, developers, statisticians and modelers who work on written coverage, graphics, our polls and the election-night model. This is a highly collaborative role that will involve working with colleagues from Election Analytics, the Graphics department and Interactive News.

This is an in-office position in New York City or Washington, D.C., and includes regular attendance in the office four days each week. There may be some flexibility to work remotely per your departmental guidance.

Responsibilities

• Create test data for the election-night mathematical model and for live election-night Graphics
• Build and improve pipelines for ingesting, processing, and displaying large data sets, precinct data or absentee files.
• Build and maintain observability tools for the model that allow for fast debugging on election night and clear monitoring of precinct data entering the model
• Work with stakeholders to understand the data needs and schema requirements
• Develop and maintain libraries in R that form the basis of our apps
• Balance engineering principles with the need to move at the speed of news
• 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
• You will report to the Director of Election Analytics

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Familiarity working with large datasets and with best practices in data management
• Experience working with data-oriented programming languages, such as R or Python
• Experience working with cloud computing providers such as Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services
• Experience working collaboratively with people of different skills and backgrounds
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule as needed to support coverage of elections and polls

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with election data
• Experience developing ETL pipelines, working with orchestration tooling, and ensuring reliability and observability
• Experience with Google BigQuery or other OLAP databases
• Experience building productionized apps

This position is represented by the NewsGuild of NY.

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Additional Compensation And Benefits

• For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.
• For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

The annual base pay range for this role is between: $113,945.85 - $155,000 USD

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