Software Engineer, Programming

About this role

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 New York Times is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Programming team. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, Programming and work with a team of engineers and cross-functional partners to build tools to support the newsrooms and bundled brands of the NY Times.


The Programming team is building the next generation homepage programming systems for the newsroom editors who curate The New York Times homepage every day. We're building an entirely new version of our editorial process and the applications that power it, while maintaining all of our mission-critical standards for publishing news. This team will partner with other technology teams across the company to build these new tools for our journalists. The new Programming tools will make variants, curation, algorithmic programming, and experimentation much easier, improving the editing team's workflow.


Responsibilities
As a Software Engineer on the Programming team, you will:

• Collaborate with product, design, other engineers, and newsroom partners to develop editorial tools for programmed surfaces, ensuring we align technical choices with our goals and editorial workflows.
• Develop new features and improve existing components from requirements gathering through design, implementation, QA, deployment, and monitoring
• Build reliable, secure, and observable features, while identifying bugs or te...