About the Role, Mission or Department OverviewThe Starter Kit team is dedicated to building intuitive and efficient interfaces for the new Scoop Publishing Platform which will allow our newsrooms to provide the best news coverage across the bundle. Our engineers keep both our newsroom and technology users top of mind. They work with our product and design partners to ensure functional needs are met across a variety of workflows. Meanwhile, they maintain a library of features that can be customized and built upon by any product team.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with experience in both frontend UI/UX and backend APIs. This engineer will join our team and lead on challenging problems. You will also build these problems to bring the new publishing platform to all New York Times newsrooms. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, Starter Kit.
Responsibilities:- Build features for the Starter Kit platform that satisfy user workflows and provide a great developer experience for product teams
- Write, test, debug, and deploy code across a variety of languages and frameworks including React and Go
- Work with the team to build components and systems that are scalable and fault tolerant
- Collaborate with Product and Design partners to translate requirements and mock ups into engineering tickets
- Grow the skills of colleagues through pairing, design reviews, and code reviews
- Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world
Basic Qualifications:- 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience working with technologies such as React, GraphQL, GCP or AWS, and CI/CD
- Full stack software development experience with demonstrated front end expertise
- Knowledge of software principles, application architecture, data structures, coding conventions, testing frameworks and security best practices
- Experience collaborating with partners and other engineering teams
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with backend technologies and building APIs in languages such as Go, Python, or Java
- Experience building software tools on top of existing platforms
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The annual base pay range for this role is between:
$140,000-$160,000 USD
For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include 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 and professional development programs.
For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.
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