Software Engineer, Reflections
Company: The New York Times
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $110k - $130k per year
Type: Full-time
Level: Junior
Posted: 2026-02-26
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
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.
Responsibilities
- Work with design, product, web/backend and native mobile engineers to refine and develop new features.
- Build systems in modern technologies including Go, TypeScript, Node.js/Express, GraphQL 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.
- Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and...