Software Engineer, Offer

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. 

Mission and Responsibilities 

Our mission is to maintain and evolve a reliable and observable service that determines and presents targeted subscription offers to users, while also maintaining a healthy infrastructure required for their efficient support and management.

As a software engineer on the Offer  Squad, you will report to the Engineering Manager and help us evolve our offer targeting and infrastructure to a more scalable, maintainable, and performant architecture through collaboration with partners. You will also need to have proficient collaboration skills, as you will work with a lot of different user experiences and partners. This job is based in our NYC headquarters.

• You will Participate in Agile Scrum activities like Product backlog grooming, Sprint planning, daily Scrum meetings, Sprint Retrospectives
• You will Confer with data analysts, engineers, and product managers to obtain information on project capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces
• You will Lead the development and creation of features from technical design through completion
• You will Write high-quality, reusable code with best practices and design patterns in mind
• You will Participate in on call rotation

 

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years experience as a software engineer
• 2+ years of experience in Golang
• 1+ years of Experience with SQL (BigQuery)

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with GraphQL, Apollo Client, NodeJS, TypeScript, GCP, AWS
• Troubleshoot complex systems using tools such as DataDog, or similar
• Experience communicating updates and resolutions to customers and other partners/collaborator with external partners
• Collaborated with product managers and data specialists as part of the development process
• Knowledge of other languages: Java, Python, …
• Experience working with large amounts of data
• Troubleshoot complex systems using tools such as DataDog, or similar
• Collaborated with product managers and data specialists as part of the development process

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:$104,000—$130,000 USD

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does 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 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 New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

The Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws. 

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