Software Engineer, Reflections , NY

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 Reflections team at The New York Times is looking for a Software Engineer. You will be part of a diverse team that includes native mobile engineers, web/backend engineers, QA, product managers, designers and data experts.

The Reflections team focuses on personalizing the Times experience, making it feel "yours." We aim to help users effortlessly discover and regularly engage with the journalism they value most, strengthening and deepening their relationship with the Times.

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

• Work with design, product, web/backend and native mobile engineers to refine and develop new features.
• Build systems in modern technologies including Go, Type Script, Node.js/Express, Graph
  
  QL and write high-quality code with best practices in mind.
• Contribute ideas that shape direction of our products and in taking on work that is meaningful to you.
• Participate in technical discussions with native mobile, web, backend engineers and other owners of internal/external dependencies.
• Work with all parts of the stack and learn new skills.
• 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 Engineering Manager

• 3+ years of full-time experience developing APIs on the backend (either REST-style or Graph
  
  QL-style APIs) using one or more backend languages and frameworks (Go, Type Script/Node.js/Express).
• 3+ years of experience with one or more SQL/No
  
  SQL database technologies (Postgre
  
  SQL, Dynamo
  
  DB).
• 3+ years of experience with public cloud platform services (Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services).
• Experience working with Agile software development methodologies.

• Familiarity with Graph
  
  QL.
• Familiarity with containers and container orchestration systems like Kubernetes, Docker.
• Familiarity with CI/CD techniques and tooling (e.g. Jenkins, drone), automated testing and deployments, and other Dev Ops practices.
• Understanding of caching and content delivery.

This role will require limited on-call hours. An on-call schedule will be determined when you join, taking into account team size and other variables. This role also requires availability to our core working hours which are 10am - 6pm ET.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$110,000 - $130,000 USD

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, 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 New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization.

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic…