Newsroom Interactive Software Engineer — Build Story Tools

Worky; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Variable pay (annual bonus)

Restricted stock

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

FSA

401(k) company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

The New York Times Company is seeking an associate software engineer for Interactive News Technology, embedded in the NYT newsroom. You will pioneer features for newsroom projects used by hundreds of journalists and millions of readers, using JavaScript/Node.js/TypeScript/React and PostgreSQL.

You will work on real-time data for elections, AI product development, and reader data-driven stories, with a strong emphasis on reliability, scalability, and journalistic independence.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience building web applications in JavaScript (TypeScript preferred).
• Experience contributing to newsgathering, reporting, editing, or news presentation processes.
• Experience taking a technical project from concept to completion, contributing to concept definition, technical design, and implementation.
• Experience working as part of a team to develop software.
• Experience with AI software development best practices.

Responsibilities

• Prototype new ideas to help 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 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 technical and analytic skills.
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Newsroom experience

Team collaboration

AI software development practices

Tools

Node.js

React

PostgreSQL

Job description

The New York Times Company is seeking an associate software engineer for Interactive News Technology, embedded in the NYT newsroom. You will pioneer features for newsroom projects used by hundreds of journalists and millions of readers, using JavaScript/Node.js/TypeScript/React and PostgreSQL.

You will work on real-time data for elections, AI product development, and reader data-driven stories, with a strong emphasis on reliability, scalability, and journalistic independence.