The New York Times is hiring a Stories Engineering Manager to lead the Stories team within the News Product group. You will own the technical strategy for our core digital journalism surfaces—including Articles, Live Blogs, Newsletters, and Visual Formats—and guide work to sustain and grow these products for a global newsroom and millions of readers.
What You'll Do
- Create a high-performance engineering culture that can solve challenging technical problems, make effective tradeoffs and consistently deliver.
- Partner with engineers and Product, Design and Data counterparts to develop clear technical execution plans and milestones.
- Drive technical excellence, ensuring our systems are reliable, efficient, and secure and working well for the newsroom, readers, and business.
- Coach and mentor a team, supporting their growth and technical development.
- Cultivate a collaborative environment that emphasizes continuous learning and growth.
- 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.
What We're Looking For
- 1+ years of engineering team leadership experience
- Experience managing production operations for high-availability systems
- Demonstrated history of developing a high-performance team and growing its skills over time
- Demonstrated history partnering with Product, Design, and Data to drive great solutions
- Fluency in JavaScript applications, cloud deployments, observability, monitoring and alerting
Nice to Have
- Experience managing complex frontends or systems that handle rapid traffic surges
- Direct experience with digital journalism, CMS systems, and/or ProseMirror
Technical Stack
- JavaScript
- Cloud deployments
- CMS systems
- ProseMirror
Team & Environment
You will lead the Stories team within the News Product group and report to the Senior Director of News Product Web Engineering. You will also partner closely with the Stories Senior Engineering 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
- Variable pay (e.g., annual bonus, restricted stock) may be eligible
- Compensation: $152,000-$190,000 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, 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.
