Senior Engineer, Developer Platforms and Generative AI

thenewyorktimes; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement and professional

Job summary

The New York Times is seeking a senior software engineer for the Developer Platforms team. You’ll build GenAI-powered tooling, including prompts, IDE integrations, and model routing, to support a large product engineering organization.

You will shape guardrails and observability for agentic workflows, as you collaborate with engineers to fit real-world developer workflows. Hybrid work and strong compensation are provided, with a focus on safety and scalable AI practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 2+ years improving developer experience through workflows, documentation, or internal platform capabilities.
• Experience designing and building cloud-native applications, with hands-on Golang work.
• Hands-on experience building software using GenAI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code.
• 3+ years managing and deploying resources in AWS.
• 2+ years managing workloads deployed on Kubernetes.
• Experience in prompt engineering or building AI-powered tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and build GenAI-powered developer tooling, including prompts, IDE integrations, configuration rules, and usage telemetry.
• Build and run the GenAI developer platform, providing auth, configuration, and model routing for both local and long-running agents.
• Define and own guardrails and observability for agentic workflows, integrating with monitoring, developer-experience, and cost tools so agent actions remain safe and auditable.
• Partner with engineers and managers to understand how software is actually built and to design solutions that fit those workflows.
• Support structured migrations and platform modernization efforts that pay down technical debt.
• Participate in a limited on-call rotation, with the schedule set when you join.

Skills

Software engineering

Developer experience

Golang

GenAI tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Prompt engineering

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

Role overview

A senior software engineering role on a Developer Platforms team building GenAI-augmented developer experiences and platform capabilities used across a large product engineering organization. The work spans AI-assisted developer workflows, structured migrations, platform modernization, and turning effective internal practices into reusable tools and agents, with safety and ethical AI use as core concerns.

Responsibilities

• Design and build GenAI-powered developer tooling, including prompts, IDE integrations, configuration rules, and usage telemetry
• Build and run the GenAI developer platform, providing auth, configuration, and model routing for both local and long-running agents
• Define and own guardrails and observability for agentic workflows, integrating with monitoring, developer-experience, and cost tools so agent actions remain safe and auditable
• Partner with engineers and managers to understand how software is actually built and to design solutions that fit those workflows
• Support structured migrations and platform modernization efforts that pay down technical debt
• Participate in a limited on-call rotation, with the schedule set when you join

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 2+ years improving developer experience through workflows, documentation, or internal platform capabilities
• Experience designing and building cloud-native applications, with hands-on Golang work
• Hands-on experience building software using GenAI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code
• 3+ years managing and deploying resources in AWS
• 2+ years managing workloads deployed on Kubernetes
• Experience in prompt engineering or building AI-powered tools

Benefits and work setup

• Hybrid work arrangement
• Annual base pay range of $140,000-$180,000 USD, plus eligibility for variable pay such as an annual bonus and restricted stock
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) with company match and an employee stock purchase plan
• Paid vacation, sick days, and parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development programs