Software Engineer, Reflections New New York, NY

The New York Times Company; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and sick days

Tuition reimbursement and professional

Development programs

Job summary

The New York Times Company in New York City is seeking a Full-Stack Software Engineer for the Reflections team to build personalized experiences that engage readers across our platforms.

You’ll collaborate with native mobile, web, backend engineers, product managers, designers and data experts, own features end-to-end, and help shape products used by millions of readers in a hybrid office setting two days per week.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of building user-facing features in a team environment.
• 2+ years owning features from design to launch.
• 2+ years navigating and unblocking technical challenges.
• 2+ years partnering with Product, Design, and Engineering to solve user problems.
• 2+ years building backend services with Go, Node.js/Express, GraphQL, and cloud platforms (GCP or AWS).
• 2+ years working with SQL/databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-stack feature development from design to production.
• Collaborate with design, product, web/backend and mobile engineers to refine requirements.
• Contribute ideas shaping product direction and take on meaningful work.
• Develop full-stack solutions across the technology stack.
• Provide production support through on-call rotations.

Skills

Full-stack development

Product collaboration

Ownership of features

On-call production support

Tools

Go

Node.js/Express

GraphQL

Cloud (GCP or AWS)

SQL databases

Docker/Kubernetes

Job description

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for.

About the Role, Mission or Department Overview

The Reflections team at The New York Times is looking for a Full-Stack Software Engineer to help build personalized experiences that make The Times feel uniquely yours. You'll work as part of a diverse, team that includes native mobile engineers, web and backend engineers, QA engineers, product managers, designers, and data experts.

The Reflections team focuses on personalizing the Times experience, helping readers effortlessly discover and engage with the journalism they value most. Our goal is to strengthen and deepen each reader's relationship with The Times through thoughtful, relevant, and engaging experiences.

We're looking for a product-minded engineer who is passionate about solving user problems and building high-quality, world-class experiences across our platforms. You'll contribute across the full stack, collaborate with partners across the organization, and help shape products that reach millions of readers.

You will report to the Engineering Manager on the Reflections team.

Responsibilities

Lead full-stack feature development from design to production, building high-quality, scalable systems that serve both readers and editors.

Collaborate with design, product, web/backend and native mobile engineers to refine requirements and technical discussions.

Contribute ideas that shape the direction of our products and in taking on work that is meaningful to you.

Develop full-stack solutions while building expertise across the entire technology stack.

Provide production support by participating in on-call rotations for the systems and tools we build.

Contribute to iteration on internal team processes and norms.

You will report to the the Engineering Manager.

Basic Qualifications

2+ years of professional experience building and delivering user-facing features in a collaborative environment.

2+years of experience demonstrating ownership of user-facing features (or clearly defined portions of larger features), taking them from implementation through launch while partnering with Product, Design, and Engineering.

2+ years of experience, navigating, and unblocking technical challenges.

2+ years of experience partnering with Product, Design, and Engineering to solve user problems and deliver high-quality product experiences.

2+ years of experience building backend services and working with technologies such as Go, Node.js/Express, GraphQL, and cloud platforms (GCP or AWS).

2+ years of experience working with data persistence technologies, including SQL or databases.

2+ years of experience troubleshooting, debugging, and resolving issues in production environments.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience using AI coding tools, especially for agentic workflows

Experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD techniques and tooling (e.g. Drone, Jenkins), automated testing and deployments, observability and monitoring.

Familiarity with containers and container orchestration systems like Kubernetes, Docker.

Understanding of caching and content delivery.

This role is hybrid, located at our New York City headquarters, and typically requires coming into the office two days per week.

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Additional Compensation and Benefits

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$110,000 - $130,000 USD

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools

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If you’re an engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

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