Staff iOS Engineer - News Product

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

FSA available

401(k) match

Employee stock plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

The New York Times is seeking a Staff iOS Engineer to join the News Product team in New York City. You will help lay the foundations for native app experiences and lead architecture decisions for the News app using Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit.

This hybrid role requires 3 days in the office per week. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with design, backend and web teams, and drive performance, maintainability, and long-term vision for a reliable reader experience.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in large-scale iOS apps.
• Strong knowledge of iOS frameworks and Swift.
• Experience guiding mobile architecture and technical direction.
• Experience with performance optimization and scalable tests.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of core iOS architectures, shared frameworks, and infrastructure.
• Set engineering standards and long-term technical roadmaps for the iOS platform.
• Collaborate with backend, web teams, and designers to deliver reliable user experiences.
• Mentor engineers and participate in Communities of Practice.

Skills

Swift

iOS frameworks

Swift Concurrency

Architecture leadership

Performance engineering

DX mindset

Tools

Datadog

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.

The News Product team at The New York Times is looking for a Staff iOS Engineer. You will work with our Native squad to lay the foundations for satisfying native app experiences. You will deliver world-class journalism to millions of daily readers in a responsive and performant medium. You will lead efforts to enhance the quality, performance, and long-term maintainability of the News app codebase. You will establishing a technical vision that ensures our native experiences remain responsive and reliable for all readers. As part of the News Product organization, you will work with designers, other mobile engineers, and web engineers, and more on a team.

This is an opportunity to use different tools, ranging from SwiftUI to hybrid web technologies - whatever will best solve the problem at hand. You'll be part of an engineering organization that values transparency and openness, diversity, learning, community, and continuous improvement.

This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters. You can typically expect to come into the office 3 days/week.

You express:

• Belief in our mission: You have passion with the news and for making the Times an indispensable daily destination for our readers.
• Technical competency: You have knowledge of iOS frameworks and Swift, and keep up to date on changes in the frameworks, language and overall developer community.
• Code cleanliness : You understand what makes code well structured, maintainable and flexible and aim to create a culture where quality code is valued.
• User focus: You care about how design, engineering and product decisions help create a seamless, engaging and enjoyable user experience.

Responsibilities:

• You will lead the design and implementation of core architectures, shared frameworks, and infrastructure using Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit that accelerate our feature teams.
• You will work with your team to build solutions that are scalable, maintainable and reliable.
• You will guide app-wide architectural decisions, shape the long-term technical roadmap, and set engineering standards for the iOS platform.
• You will lead technical understanding, collaborating with backend engineers, web teams, and other internal dependency owners.
• You will help promote standards in iOS and Swift delivery, and engage with the community of iOS developers at the Times.
• You will lead programs to help the quality, performance and maintainability of the News app codebase
• You will mentor engineers and contribute to/participate in Communities of Practice
• Where applicable, you will integrate with broader New York Times Swift platform code
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years focused on large-scale iOS applications.
• Experience setting technical direction, guiding engineering teams, and leading mobile architecture.
• Deep mastery of iOS runtime mechanics, memory management, advanced design patterns, and Swift Concurrency .
• Hands-on experience designing complex data persistence layers, advanced networking, and scalable test suites.
• Expertise in mobile performance engineering, including app launch optimization, binary size reduction, and memory profiling.
• Experience designing client-side observability infrastructure using Datadog or similar platforms.
• Experience orchestrating large-scale architectural migrations (e.g., UI framework shifts, monolithic decoupling, automated refactoring).
• Experience with framework design and modularization, including internal SDK development.
• Product and Developer Experience (DX) mindset with the vision to translate complex goals and developer friction into scalable code.

Compensation and Benefits For This Role:

In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits 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.

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$162,000 - $195,000 USD

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