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The New York Times Company

Senior Engineer - Web Platforms

The New York Times Company

New York, NY · full time · Senior

$140,000 – $160,000

Listed on The New York Times Company’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Senior engineer role focused on building and maintaining the web platform that delivers New York Times content across browsers and mobile webviews. This suits experienced full-stack engineers who enjoy platform work, developer tooling, and collaborating across multiple product teams.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 5+ years full-stack web development with modern JavaScript and TypeScript
  • Experience building centralized systems for internal engineering teams
  • Familiarity with code quality automation, release management, and developer workflow tooling
  • Experience designing, implementing, testing, and documenting projects
  • Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions
  • Experience leading complex initiatives

Nice to have

  • Client-side GraphQL tooling and best practices (data fetching, caching, error handling, performance optimization)
  • Platform team experience building shared tools, frameworks, or services for multiple product teams
  • Ability to evaluate and adopt evolving web standards and industry practices in frontend tooling, JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS
  • Experience with GenAI tooling such as skills creation or agentic workflows

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