New York Times

Senior Analytics Engineer, Data Platform

New York Times$124K — $135K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in analytics engineering or related fields
  • Proficiency in SQL, DBT, and data transformation workflows
  • Proficiency in Python for ETL and analytics
  • Ability to communicate effectively with diverse partners
  • Experience with cloud data environments like GCP, BigQuery, or AWS

Responsibilities

  • Lead work streams to build data foundations for enterprise reporting
  • Serve as the subject matter expert on subscription data
  • Design reusable business logic and data pipelines
  • Develop data models and metrics supporting analytics use cases
  • Support journalistic independence and organizational mission

Benefits

  • 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 and professional development programs
Full Job Description


About the Role, Mission or Department Overview

We are looking for analytical talent to turn experience with data and support of world-class journalism into decision-making insights. As part of the Data and Insights Group (DIG) and Data Platforms, you will join a large community of accomplished data professionals who partner with Product, Engineering, and Design teams across the business. You will focus on supporting our enterprise partners and report to our Executive Director, Analytics Engineering.

Responsibilities:
  • You will independently lead work streams in a high leverage, high visibility role building the next generation of data foundations for our core enterprise reporting datasets that executives depend on daily
  • You will be our subject matter expert on our subscription data, translating our needs into technical implementations and mentoring teammates on the domain
  • You will design reusable business logic and data pipelines allowing other analysts and partners to answer questions quickly.
  • You will develop data models, data contracts, alerting, context, and metrics/semantic layers supporting both traditional and AI-assisted analytical use cases.
  • 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.


Basic Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, product analytics or similar data-intensive roles
  • Proficiency in SQL, DBT, and data transformation workflows
  • Proficiency in Python for ETL and analytics use cases
  • Experience communicating updates and resolutions to customers and other partners; you will work with both business-focused partners and platform-focused engineers
  • Hands-on familiarity with GCP/BigQuery, Databricks/Spark, AWS, Snowflake, or other cloud data environments


Preferred Qualifications:

  • 1+ years of experience working with billing, subscription, and revenue data for a digital subscription product
  • 1+ years of experience working with terabyte scale user engagement data for attribution
  • 1+ years of experience developing on and contributing to agentic analytics workflows on a data team


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Compensation and Benefits For This Role:

In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$124,000-$135,000 USD

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools:

We're excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you're an engineering candidate, we'll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

About New York Times

The New York Times Company is an American mass media company that publishes the The New York Times newspaper. The company also owns other media outlets such as The New York Times International Edition, The New York Times Book Review, and The New York Times Magazine. The New York Times Company is also involved in digital media, owning websites such as NYTimes.com, Cooking, and Wirecutter. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in New York City.
Learn more about New York Times
Size
5,000 employees
Market Cap
$5.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$100.1 million
Founded
1851
5 Year Trend
+5.9%
Revenue
$1.7 billion
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