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Software Engineer - Salesforce

The New York Times
620 8th Avenue (NYC Location), United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Mar 2025
💰 $130,000/yr($104,000/yr$130,000/yr)

About the 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. 

 

Job Description

 

About the Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Revenue Technology group reporting to the Systems Director. Our Salesforce team is directly responsible for empowering our Sales teams with the necessary tools to do their job. You will collaborate with our sales teams to provide the best possible user experience in Salesforce and handle smooth integration between Salesforce and our other systems. You will lead Salesforce tech projects to improve the process for our current Salesforce systems.

This is a hybrid position with 3 days in the office at our NYC headquarters and two days working remotely.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for development in Salesforce, while supporting data architecture, software/web solutions, coding standardization/best practices, quality assurance, and technical documentation. You will work with users within The New York Times to assess their needs and help design and implement those solutions.

  • Independently complete best practices design and coding for front-end and back-end development.

  • Maintain technical and end-user documentation.

  • Oversee the functional testing and performance plan for projects.

  • Ensure the security of The New York Times data stored both on internal New York Times systems and in the cloud.

  • Support data architecting for database and reporting technologies

  • Manage and prevent technical debt.

  • Create complex systems/solutions ensuring accurate estimates of work.

  • 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.

  • Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of programming experience developing applications on the Salesforce platform such as Apex, Lightning Web Components, Visualforce, and SOQL.

  • 1+ years of experience with Salesforce Integrations with external systems.

  • 1+ years of experience with object-oriented and/or MySQL, Maria DB, SQL Server, Big Query, Eclipse, C#, .Net, Java

  • 1+  years of experience with Pardot, CRM Analytics(CRM-A).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Salesforce developer certifications.

  • Experience with Docusign, Cirrus Insight, OwnBackup, Tableau, or SAP Business Objects

  • Experience working with Lightning Design, Workflows, Process Builder, Force.com, Salesforce Flow, and Data Loader.

The annual base pay range for this role is between $104,000 and $130,000.

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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

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