QA Engineer

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

This is a pivotal moment in the life of The New York Times. We have declared ourselves a subscription-first company, staking our future on producing journalism that is worth paying for and is unparalleled in its quality, depth and breadth of coverage. Connecting our expanding readership to our quality journalism is one of our most vital and exciting challenges as we move towards reaching our goal of 15 million subscriptions by 2025. 

We are looking for a QA Engineer to join our automation team in building out our automated tests suites. The surfaces we cover range from the iOS and Android NYT App to internal publisher and storytelling tools. You will work closely with our automation engineers, developers, product and design team members to successfully ship stable products that delight our users. You will report to the Senior QA Manager.

Responsibilities:

• You will automate functional, integration, and regression tests with Selenium, WebDriver, Applitools, and Appium.
• You will contribute to the modification, development, implementation, and maintenance of test automation frameworks.
• You will work on test automation, test environment setup/teardown, defect logging and verification.
• Where necessary, you will develop and execute manual test cases to detect issues that cannot be detected through automated means.
• You will create clear and concise test plans, estimate work, and monitor progress against milestones.
• You will provide guidance to other QA engineers.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of quality assurance engineering experience.
• Proficiency with Python, Javascript, or Typescript.
• Worked with at least one automated test framework like Selenium, Appium, WebDriverIO, or Playwright.
• Experience testing Web and mobile apps, including preparing, documenting, and executing test criteria, test cases, test scripts, and test plans.
• Knowledge with CI/CD frameworks to integrate quality automation into our build and release pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience influencing and driving software engineering best practices.
• Familiarity assisting with triage, diagnosis, and resolution of issues discovered across teams.
• Familiarity writing codes that establishes and enhances frameworks.
• Experience reviewing code for the design, testability and clear usability.

​ 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:$88,000—$110,000 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