Software Engineer, Storytelling Video Job at The New York Times in New York

The New York Times mission 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 hiring a Software Engineer for the Storytelling Video team, where you will shape our audience experiences video across all our platforms and advance the newsroom's video goals.

You will closely partner with fellow engineers, Product and Design colleagues to deliver features and build scalable, sustainable systems, which include the foundational components of our video player, and innovative, reader‑facing video formats that tell impactful stories.

We will look to you to bring fluency in web technologies, experience solving problems in new product spaces, interest in shaping thoughtful video experiences and a product‑engineering mindset to deliver a world class user experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of video features from technical design through production operation.
• Proactively improve the quality of our systems, using engineering mindset and data‑driven approaches to identify and resolve issues.
• Contribute to technical strategy design, aligning technical considerations behind product and newsroom objectives using a product‑engineering mindset.
• You’ll report to the Engineering Manager, Storytelling Video.

Basic Qualifications

• Familiarity with backend technologies, data persistence and cloud infrastructure (e.g. GraphQL, SQL, NoSQL, GCP, AWS, Azure)
• Experience building, launching and maintaining user‑facing features
• Familiarity with troubleshooting and resolving issues in a production environment
• Proven experience working in a highly‑collaborative cross‑functional team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating video into multimedia experiences
• Familiarity with the wider web video ecosystem
• Experience with Software DevOps practices, including CI/CD techniques and tooling (e.g. Drone, Jenkins), automated testing and deployments, observability and monitoring

The annual base pay range for this role is between $110,000 - $130,000 USD.

Equal Opportunity and Accommodations

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 affectionate preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.

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