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The New York Times · 22 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer, AI Platforms

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$162K/yr - $175K/yr

7+ years exp

The New York Times is a leading independent journalism company, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their AI Platforms team. The role involves leading the technical vision and architecture of the internal AI Platform to enhance their journalism and business using large language models.

Digital MediaJournalismNews

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Owen Howe

Responsibilities

Define and drive the long-term technical vision and architecture for the AI Platform

Lead the design and implementation of highly scalable, reliable, and performant backend services and APIs

Make critical technical decisions that will have a lasting impact on the platform and the engineering organization

Mentor and grow other engineers on the team, fostering a culture of engineering excellence

Collaborate with other senior technical leaders across the organization to ensure the AI Platform aligns with broader company-wide technical strategy

Stay at the forefront of the rapidly evolving AI and LLM landscape, identifying and advocating for the adoption of new technologies and best practices

Tackle the most complex and ambiguous technical challenges on the team

Ensure a high degree of code quality, security, and system observability

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

Qualification

Backend programming PythonBackend programming GoLarge-scale distributed systemsLarge Language Models (LLMs)Technical leadershipMLOpsContainerization DockerContainerization KubernetesInfrastructure as codeCloud computing GCPCloud computing AWSMentoring engineersCollaboration with stakeholdersCode qualitySystem observability

Required

7+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record of technical leadership

7+ years of experience in one or more backend programming languages such as Python or Go

7+ years of experience designing, building, and operating complex, large-scale distributed systems and APIs

5+ years of experience database technologies, including both SQL and NoSQL databases

2+ years of experience building applications with Large Language Models (LLMs) and a deep understanding of the surrounding ecosystem (e.g., orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation)

Preferred

Extensive experience with MLOps, including building systems for model and prompt evaluation, tracing, and monitoring

Deep familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes

Extensive experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)

Deep experience with cloud computing platforms like GCP or AWS and their associated services (e.g., Cloud Functions, S3, RDS)

A nuanced understanding of the trade-offs and complexities of LLM orchestration and agentic frameworks

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)

A company-matching 401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development programs

Company

The New York Times

The New York Times is powered by the idea that independent, deeply reported journalism fuels a healthy and engaged society.

Founded in 1851

New York, New York, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.nytco.com/

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