Senior Software Engineer, Content Data Products
The New York Times CompanyNew York, NY · full time · Senior
$140,000 – $160,000
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What this role is
The New York Times seeks a senior backend engineer to build data systems that transform their publishing archive into usable products for internal teams and external partners. This role combines infrastructure work, API design, and data processing with opportunities to mentor other engineers and work directly with the newsroom.
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Skills this role names
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- CI/CD
- Content Management Systems (CMS)
- Data Pipelines
- ETL
- Go
- Java
- JavaScript
- Metadata Management
- Python
- React
- SQL
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What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years software engineering experience
- Backend development proficiency in Go, Python, Java or similar
- SQL database experience
- Data backend services and API design
- Data feeds development
- CI/CD tooling experience
- Infrastructure orchestration on cloud platforms like GCP or AWS
- Application and data security best practices
- Strong communication skills
- Cross-functional team collaboration
Nice to have
- Front-end skills in JavaScript and React
- Data modeling and warehousing knowledge
- ETL/ELT and data pipeline experience
- Data architecture expertise
- AI/ML experience
- Content Management System experience
- Metadata and tagging experience
- Content extraction or digitization experience