Software Engineer, Programming
The New York TimesNew York, NYPosted 6 March 2026
Job Description
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 technical debt within the team's domain
Review code written by other software engineers on the team and provide feedback
Contribute to and advocate for testing strategies to ensure service reliability
Partner with other engineers to deploy and operate new features in production
Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
Basic Qualifications:
2+ years of software engineering experience ; demonstrated ability to write correct, clean, and reusable code that is easily maintainable by other team members.
2+ years of experience with JavaScript
Fluency in HTML and CSS; able to apply design systems and integrating UI components from shared libraries
Experience looking for feedback to improve as an engineer and supporting the growth of peers through helpful code reviews
Demonstrated experience working collaboratively as a part of a cross-functional team
Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with modern JavaScript ecosystem (ES6 + , Typescript , Node.js , React )
Experience implementing features in frontend applications with complex state
Experience integrating with APIs (e.g. GraphQL or REST)
Familiarity with cloud computing platforms like GCP or AWS
Understanding of web application security best practices
Interest in or prior experience with digital journalism or content management
This role may require 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:
$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 reimburs ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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