Senior Web Platform Engineer: Scale & Reliability

The New York Times Company; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Stock options

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401(k) company match

Paid vacation

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development programs

Job summary

The New York Times Company in New York, NY is seeking an engineer to develop our platform with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance as it grows. You will promote high-quality releases for user experience and web performance, collaborate to shape priorities and long-term roadmaps, and provide feedback through design reviews and pair programming.

We value journalistic independence and commitment to truth, with hybrid remote/in-office flexibility and opportunities to work with

Qualifications

• Experience building centralized systems for internal engineering teams.
• Automation for code quality, release management, and developer workflow improvements.
• Experience designing, implementing, testing and documenting projects.
• Experience with GenAI tooling such as skills creation or agentic workflows.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub actions).

Responsibilities

• Develop our platform while ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance as it grows.
• Promote high-quality releases regarding user experience and web performance.
• Collaborate with the team to shape our priorities and long-term roadmap.
• Deliver clear feedback through pairing, design review, and code reviews.
• Support on-call, incident response, and troubleshooting efforts for platform-level escalations.
• Partner with teams by participating in technical discussions, writing technical documentation, and troubleshooting issues.
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Skills

CI/CD tooling

GenAI tooling

GraphQL

Platform experience

Code reviews

Tools

GitHub Actions

Job description

The New York Times Company in New York, NY is seeking an engineer to develop our platform with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance as it grows. You will promote high-quality releases for user experience and web performance, collaborate to shape priorities and long-term roadmaps, and provide feedback through design reviews and pair programming.

We value journalistic independence and commitment to truth, with hybrid remote/in-office flexibility and opportunities to work with