The New York Times is hiring a QA Engineer

The New York Times is hiring a QA Engineer to join our Quality Engineering team. You will work with software engineers, DevOps, product managers, and designers to ensure quality across our web, mobile, and API platforms. You will develop automated test frameworks, strengthen CI/CD reliability, and improve release confidence through scalable automation.

What You'll Do

• Design automated testing frameworks in Python for APIs, web, and mobile applications
• Develop and integrate automated test workflows into CI/CD pipelines
• Improve test reliability, execution speed, and coverage across environments
• Develop scalable test environments using containerization and cloud infrastructure
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to define test strategies early in the development lifecycle
• Integrate logging, monitoring, and metrics into testing workflows to improve defect detection and release confidence
• Contribute to documentation and standards for automation and TestOps

What We're Looking For

• 3 years of experience in test automation, software engineering, or quality engineering
• Proficiency in Python and experience building maintainable automation frameworks
• 3 years of experience with modern test automation tools such as PyTest, Playwright, Selenium, or Appium
• 3 years of experience testing REST, GraphQL, or gRPC APIs
• Hands-on experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
• 3 years of experience with Docker and familiarity with Kubernetes
• 3 years of experience working in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

Nice to Have

• Experience with mobile test automation
• Experience with test environment provisioning and infrastructure-as-code
• Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude) in software development workflows
• Experience improving observability or quality metrics within engineering teams

Technical Stack

• Python, PyTest, Playwright, Selenium, Appium, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI

Team & Environment

You will report to the Senior QA Manager.

Benefits & Compensation

• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
• Company-matching 401(k) plan
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick days
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development programs
• Compensation range: $110,000—$130,000 USD

Work Mode

This role follows a hybrid work model and is based in New York City.

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. We embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law.