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The New York Times Company

Senior Software Engineer, Privacy & Governance Services

The New York Times Company

New York, NY · full time · Senior

$140,000 – $160,000

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What this role is

This role builds privacy and governance systems that enable responsible data use across The New York Times engineering organization. You'll develop scalable services, mentor engineers, and partner across teams to embed privacy controls into the company's data platform.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 5+ years building and operating production systems
  • Proficiency in at least one backend language (Go, Python, JavaScript, Java, Scala, or similar)
  • Experience building services and APIs at scale
  • Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS or GCP)
  • Modern deployment practices (containers, CI/CD, observability)
  • Experience with data systems (NoSQL stores, data warehouses)

Nice to have

  • Privacy, security, or governance domain experience (access control, encryption, anonymization, audit logging, data lifecycle management)
  • Experience building developer-facing platforms and tooling
  • Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical direction
  • Exposure to mobile or native app development

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