Senior GraphQL Platform Engineer - Hybrid NYC

thenewyorktimes; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

401(k) company match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development programs

Job summary

The New York Times seeks a GraphQL and Developer Experience enthusiast to join the Samizdat team in NYC. You will help shape the API layer powering our products and internal systems, focusing on scalable GraphQL APIs and developer tooling.

You will mentor colleagues, contribute to platform governance, and support on-call incidents while upholding our journalistic mission and commitment to quality software.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience with a focus on API development.
• Experience designing and scaling GraphQL APIs in production, with federation knowledge (Apollo or similar).
• Experience in a statically typed backend language (Go).
• Experience with automation for code quality, release management, and developer workflow improvements.
• Experience delivering projects from design to implementation, testing, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop new platform offerings while ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance of the GraphQL platform.
• Lead governance of GraphQL schema design and participate in platform-wide schema working groups.
• Contribute to platform automation, developer tooling, and onboarding guides for adopters and contributors.
• Support on-call, incident response, and troubleshooting for platform-level escalations.
• Mentor team members, promoting technical excellence and constructive feedback.
• Demonstrate support for journalistic independence and the mission to seek the truth.

Skills

API development

GraphQL

Go

Automation

Team mentoring

Tools

Apollo GraphQL

Kubernetes

Job description

The New York Times seeks a GraphQL and Developer Experience enthusiast to join the Samizdat team in NYC. You will help shape the API layer powering our products and internal systems, focusing on scalable GraphQL APIs and developer tooling.

You will mentor colleagues, contribute to platform governance, and support on-call incidents while upholding our journalistic mission and commitment to quality software.