Senior Engineer - Web Platforms

Responsibilities

• Develop the web platform while maintaining reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Promote high-quality releases focused on user experience and web performance.
• Collaborate with the team to shape priorities and the long-term roadmap.
• Provide feedback through pairing, design reviews, and code reviews.
• Support on-call, incident response, and troubleshooting for platform-level escalations.
• Partner with engineering teams through technical discussions, documentation, and issue troubleshooting.
• Support The New York Times’ mission and value of journalistic independence.

Requirements

• At least five years of full-stack web development experience with the modern JavaScript and TypeScript ecosystem.
• Experience with application build tools, monorepo tooling and practices, and frontend frameworks including React, Vite, and TanStack Start.
• Experience building centralized systems for internal engineering teams.
• Familiarity with automation for code quality, release management, and developer workflow improvements.
• Experience designing, implementing, testing, and documenting projects.
• Experience with GenAI tooling such as skills creation or agentic workflows.
• Experience with CI/CD tools, including GitHub Actions.
• Experience leading complex initiatives.
• Preferred experience with client-side GraphQL tooling and GraphQL data fetching, caching, error handling, and performance optimization.
• Preferred experience building and supporting shared tools, frameworks, or services on a platform team.
• Ability to evaluate and adopt evolving web standards and industry practices across frontend tooling, JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS.

Benefits

• Hybrid remote/in-office role
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
• Company-matching 401(k) plan
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid vacation and sick days
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development programs
• Eligible for variable pay, including an annual bonus and restricted stock