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The New York Times Looking for Associate Software Engineer at New York, NY Full Time
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 The New York Times is seeking a full stack Software Engineer to join the NYT Cooking team. NYT Cooking helps you discover and cook the world’s best recipes. The NYT Cooking team is tight knit and interdisciplinary — we collaborate with our design, data, product, and editorial partners to prototype, develop and scale new features for both our responsive website and mobile apps. We are made up of small, focused groups tasked with building great cooking experiences on a variety of devices and platforms, including web, iOS and Android. You will report to the Engineering Manager of Cooking’s Web team.
Our tech stack: JavaScript (React, TypeScript, Next.js), Ruby (Rails), PostgreSQL, GraphQL.
Responsibilities
As a member of the NYT Cooking team, your day-to-day job would include the following activities:
- You will join Cooking’s Web team – a team that owns Cooking’s web product.
- You will collaborate with Product, SEO, Design, and other engineers across The New York Times to enhance Cooking’s web user experience and improve our SEO while maintaining standards of performance and reliability.
- You will partner with leads to plan and estimate work. You enjoy collaborating with teammates and finding creative technical solutions, appreciating the balance between conviction and flexibility. You have your strengths but you enjoy new challenges.
- You will contribute to our design system and other aspects of Cooking’s engineering.
- 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.
Basic Qualifications
- At least one year of experience building and maintaining modern web applications in a professional setting (internships acceptable)
- At least one year of experience writing in at least one of our languages/frameworks (JavaScript (React, TypeScript, Next.js), Ruby (Rails), PostgreSQL, GraphQL)
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners
- Experience independently finding solutions and knowing when to seek assistance to make progress
Preferred Qualifications
- An understanding of SEO best practices and web performance
- Experience troubleshooting systems using tools such as DataDog, Sentry or similar
- Familiarity with AWS, GCP or other cloud provider products and services
- Familiarity with Docker or similar containerization service
This role requires limited on-call hours. An on-call schedule will be determined when you join, taking into account team size and other variables.
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The annual base pay range for this role is between:
$88,000 – $110,000 USD
The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.
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