Senior Engineering Manager, Mobile Games

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:

The New York Times is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager, Games to lead a team of engineers and collaborate with Product, Design and Producers to develop best-in-class multiplayer puzzle games on iOS and Android.

NYT Games is a collaborative team that values inclusion, diversity and personal growth. We combine product development with a world-class suite of puzzles including beloved titles such as the NYT Crossword, Spelling Bee, Connections and Wordle. Come help us expand our portfolio with multiplayer mobile-based games as we continue delivering delightful experiences to millions daily.

This role reports to the Head of Games Engineering and can either be based in our NYC headquarters or fully remote in the US.

How We Work:

We push code to production and improve the speed of delivery without compromising on quality. We generally build APIs in Go on AWS, iOS apps in Swift, Android apps in Kotlin and web front-ends in React. Engineering Managers motivate and guide teams to deliver high-quality work on time, and aligning their team members with our goals, creating a culture and processes that keep developers productive.

Responsibilities:

• Bring your technical expertise with building high traffic multiplayer games especially in mobile space 
• Manage around 5-8 engineers ranging in career level and skillset across iOS, Android and Backend
• Foster an environment that boosts productivity and collaboration
• Guide outcomes and set technical strategy involving multiple teams
• Develop people and teams through coaching, mentoring and feedback
• Work with product owners, designers, producers to deliver compelling puzzles and games
• Help establish and advocate for engineering best practices
• 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 experience managing native mobile engineering teams
• 3+ years experience building high traffic social games or mobile apps with social features (ex: friend graph, leaderboards, matchmaking, or chat)
• 5+ years of experience building complex iOS or Android apps
• Exposure work​ing​ with distributed systems to handle large-scale challenges
• Demonstrated enthusiasm in collaborating with product and design 
• Experience using open-ended questions as tools to coach your engineers and advocacy for continuous improvement and learning

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building distributed backend systems, especially for multiplayer games 
  
  

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:$176,000—$193,000 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 ap