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The New York Times · 16 hours ago

Senior Engineering Manager, Web Foundations, News Product

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$185K/yr - $210K/yr

2+ years exp

The New York Times is committed to independent journalism and seeks to enhance the web news experience for millions of readers. The Senior Engineering Manager will lead a team to drive improvements in web performance and oversee cross-functional initiatives to elevate the quality of the news web presence.

Digital MediaJournalismNews

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define the strategic roadmap by partnering with Engineering and Product leadership to identify, prioritize, and scope the highest-leverage opportunities to enhance the core news experience

Lead and execute complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives that deliver measurable improvements to site performance, reliability, and technical quality

Scale and evolve foundational backend services, such as personalization and sitemaps, so they can be expanded into new product contexts

Partner with the Native Foundations Senior Engineering Manager to improve the stability and performance of webview and hybrid contexts in our iOS and Android applications

Mentor and grow a high-performing team of 6–8 engineers, including Staff Engineers

Proactively partner with engineering teams across the organization towards News Product goals

Offer technical perspective while fostering inclusive decision-making that incorporates diverse perspectives

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

Engineering team leadershipSystem resilience improvementWeb personalization systemsFrontend performance optimizationModern web architecturesDataDog Real User MonitoringMentoring engineersTechnical strategy executionCross-team collaboration

Required

2+ years of engineering team leadership experience

Demonstrated experience translating high-level goals into a clear, iterative technical strategy and driving execution

Demonstrated experience designing and leading comprehensive programs to improve system resilience and efficiency in a high-traffic environment

Expertise using observability (monitoring, logging, tracing) to proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve quality issues

Demonstrated ability to build collaborative, cross-team efforts that harness the full spectrum of expertise and viewpoints across the organization

Preferred

Experience leading engineering for a high-traffic, consumer-facing website

Experience managing frontend performance, optimization, and accessibility

Experience with modern web architectures (e.g., SSR, edge rendering, micro-frontends)

Experience architecting and scaling web personalization or recommendation systems

Experience with DataDog Real User Monitoring (RUM)

Experience in the news industry, or familiarity with content management systems and editorial workflows

Experience mentoring Staff+ engineers

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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