Software Engineer, Content Data Products - The New York Times : Job Details

Software Engineer, Content Data Products New York, NY

The New York Times is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Content Data Products team. You will report to an Engineering Manager and work with engineers, product and project managers to build systems that turn NYT's archive of publishing content into data products. These tools will be used by internal teams and external partners who wish to derive insights from or build experiences based on NYT content.

The Content Data Products team sits within the Publishing group, which manages the content management system for the Times and enables development teams to build innovative experiences while providing editors and creators with a unified set of tools to support high-quality journalism.

• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineers to build content data products and APIs within the NYT publishing platform, including internal data solutions and external offerings
• Build reliable, secure, scalable features or components, owning them from design through implementation, QA, deployment, and monitoring
• Use AI to process the archive and turn it into data
• Ensure a high degree of code quality, reusability, and system observability
• Review code written by other software engineers on the team and provide feedback
• Demonstrate support and understanding of The New York Times commitment to journalistic independence and truth-seeking
• This role reports to the Engineering Director.

• 2+ years of software engineering experience
• Familiarity with AI/ML
• Experience building data products or APIs with an understanding of data concepts
• Experience with CI/CD concepts and tooling
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively as part of a cross-functional team

• Experience with Content Management Systems
• Familiarity with metadata and tagging
• Familiarity with data feeds development
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms like GCP or AWS

Salary: $110,000 - $130,000 USD

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, marital status, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We provide reasonable accommodations as required by law. For accommodation requests, email [email protected].

To apply, submit your information and resume through the NYT Careers site.