Senior Front-End Design Developer — Editorial Storytelling

The New York Times; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

Company 401(k) with match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development programs

Job summary

The New York Times is seeking a Digital Design Developer to craft digital storytelling experiences for a global audience. You will bridge creative vision with code, collaborating with designers, editors, and engineers to build storyboard-driven, performant front-end features.

You’ll also build tools and templates, architect complex multi-part systems, and work on newsroom-critical projects with occasional remote flexibility within departmental guidance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of front-end development with HTML, CSS, JS and Figma.
• Strong visual design sense including typography and motion.
• Experience with Git and modern front-end workflows; willingness to learn AI toolsets.
• Experience or interest in rapidly evolving digital technology and storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with art directors, editors, and engineers to build responsive, pixel-perfect user experiences and product features.
• Assess designs for technical feasibility, accessibility, and performance, offering constructive feedback and alternatives when needed.
• Create interactive prototypes to validate ideas and propose responsive layouts, animations, and transitions for static wireframes.
• Integrate, debug, and optimize multimedia assets (video, audio, animations) for fast load times across devices and browsers.
• Conduct thorough QA to ensure typography, spacing, colors, and micro-interactions match visual specs across screen sizes.
• Build and maintain reusable templates, tools, and documentation for recurring editorial workflows.
• Onboard and guide designers on front-end systems to streamline asset handoffs and workflow integration.
• Demonstrate support and understanding of journalistic independence and our mission to seek the truth.
• You will report to the Deputy Editor, Design.

Skills

HTML/CSS/JS

Figma

Visual design fundamentals

Git

AI tooling familiarity

Tools

React

Svelte

WebGL

three.js

Cinema4D

Blender

Maya

After Effects

Job description

The New York Times is seeking a Digital Design Developer to craft digital storytelling experiences for a global audience. You will bridge creative vision with code, collaborating with designers, editors, and engineers to build storyboard-driven, performant front-end features.

You’ll also build tools and templates, architect complex multi-part systems, and work on newsroom-critical projects with occasional remote flexibility within departmental guidance.