Senior Cloud Capacity Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><div id="labeledImage.LOCATION" class="WIFG" data-automation-id="decorationWrapper"> <div class="WNHJ"> <div id="labeledImage.LOCATION--uid38" class="WE-Y WMXY WBAB WF0Y" data-automation-id="responsiveMonikerInput" data-metadata-id="labeledImage.LOCATION" data-uxi-form-item-child-list-index="0"> <div class="WJ-Y"> <p><strong>The <a href="https://www.nytco.com/company/mission-and-values/" target="_blank"><u>mission</u></a> 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.&nbsp;</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><p data-pm-slice="1 3 []"><strong>About the Role:</strong></p> <p>The Cloud Cost &amp; Capacity Engineering (CCCE) team bridges finance, engineering, data, and product to turn cloud usage and spend into strategic insight and predictable investment decisions. We enable teams across The New York Times to make smart, data-informed choices about how they use the cloud, balancing cost, capacity, and risk across AWS and GCP.</p> <p>As a Senior Capacity Engineer, you are the primary technical authority for how we model, plan, and optimize cloud capacity. You will own end-to-end capacity strategy for key platforms and critical user journeys (CUJs), defining how we balance headroom, efficiency, and resilience. You'll partner closely with engineering, SRE, and Finance to make sure we can handle peak moments without surprise spend or over-provisioning.</p> <p>This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of capacity engineering, architecture, and cloud economics, and who is comfortable influencing senior stakeholders without direct people management responsibility.</p> <p>You will sit at the center of how The New York Times manages cloud capacity and growth. Your work will directly impact our ability to support major news events, launch new products confidently, and keep cloud growth within targets—while giving teams the flexibility and clarity they need to build great experiences for our readers.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p> <p>Capacity &amp; Forecasting</p> <ul> <li>Build and maintain forward-looking capacity models for major platforms,