Senior Full-Stack Engineer — Games Web Platform

thenewyorktimes; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Times is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to help shape the Games Web Platform and deliver scalable game experiences. You will own core capabilities, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product, design, and production partners to balance performance with reliability.

Our stack includes React, semantic HTML, SCSS, and Go APIs, deployed on AWS with Fastly edge delivery. This hybrid NY‑based role reports to the Engineering Manager, Platform squad.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with high-traffic web apps.
• Experience leading complex projects across product, design, and editorial.
• Strong front-end with JavaScript, HTML, CSS; React or similar.
• Proven API design and backend services in Go, Java, or Python.
• Cloud deployment and observability practices.
• Commitment to journalistic independence and accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of the web platform and shared libraries.
• Build scalable Go APIs and services for the Games ecosystem.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Editorial on projects.
• Improve performance, accessibility, and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership through reviews and mentoring.
• Support journalistic independence in engineering work.

Skills

JavaScript (ES6+)

React

Semantic HTML

CSS/SCSS

Go

API design

Tools

AWS

Fastly

Docker

Redis

CDN

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

The New York Times is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to help shape the Games Web Platform and deliver scalable game experiences. You will own core capabilities, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product, design, and production partners to balance performance with reliability.

Our stack includes React, semantic HTML, SCSS, and Go APIs, deployed on AWS with Fastly edge delivery. This hybrid NY‑based role reports to the Engineering Manager, Platform squad.