Senior Data Engineer — Real-Time Customer Data APIs

The New York Times; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) plan

Paid vacation and sick days

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development programs

Job summary

The New York Times is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in New York City to contribute to the Customer-Facing Data Products team. This role involves developing real-time data pipelines and APIs that serve customer needs. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in data engineering, familiarity with event-driven architectures, and proficiency in Python. This position offers a hybrid work environment, competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-time data engineering experience shipping real-time solutions.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, preferably AWS.
• Programming fluency in Python and understanding of modern API principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop real-time data pipelines using event-driven architectures.
• Engineer and scale data serving capabilities for customer-facing needs.
• Collaborate with teams to improve pipeline performance.

Skills

Data engineering experience

Event-driven architectures

Streaming technologies

Cloud native architectures

Python programming

API design principles

Education

5+ years of full-time data engineering experience

Tools

Apache Kafka

Apache Flink

Spark Streaming

FastAPI

Flask

Job description

The New York Times is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in New York City to contribute to the Customer-Facing Data Products team. This role involves developing real-time data pipelines and APIs that serve customer needs. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in data engineering, familiarity with event-driven architectures, and proficiency in Python. This position offers a hybrid work environment, competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical and retirement plans.