The New York Times

Senior Cloud Capacity Engineer

New York, NY · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$160kDetected 1 day ago

Distributed SystemsSQLBigQueryAWSGCPCloud PlatformsSite Reliability EngineeringData AnalysisForecastingLoad TestingLeadership

About the role

The Cloud Cost & Capacity Engineering (CCCE) team bridges finance, engineering, data, and product to turn cloud usage and spend into strategic insight and predictable investment decisions.
We enable teams across The New York Times to make smart, data-informed choices about how they use the cloud, balancing cost, capacity, and risk across AWS and GCP.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of capacity engineering, architecture, and cloud economics, and who is comfortable influencing senior stakeholders without direct people management responsibility.

Build and maintain forward-looking capacity models for major platforms, environments, and CUJs using historical trends, product roadmaps, and traffic patterns.
Partner with CCCE and Finance to improve cloud forecast accuracy and connect capacity assumptions to budgets, multi-year plans, and cloud commitments.
Partner with Cloud Engineering and platform teams to analyze scaling behavior, rightsize resources, and implement cost-efficient patterns (autoscaling, reservations/savings plans, storage policies, non-prod guardrails).
Identify systemic capacity and efficiency risks across architectures and drive solutions via guardrails, reference designs, and lifecycle automation.
Embed capacity and cost considerations into design reviews and intake for new services and cost-impacting changes.
Create concise views, narratives, and recommendations that help mission leads, engineering managers, and finance partners understand capacity posture and trade-offs.
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.

Experience modeling capacity and cloud spend for large-scale, distributed systems, including forecasting, scenario planning, and cost-to-serve analysis.
Strong understanding of cloud deployment architectures (compute, storage, networking, data) and the cost and capacity drivers behind them.
Proficiency with cloud cost and usage tools (e.g., FinOut, Cloudability, AWS Cost Explorer, GCP Billing/Export) and observability platforms to derive capacity signals.

We're excited to learn more about you and your experience.
If you're an Engineering candidate, we'll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.
The New York Times Company is committed to being the world's best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism.
To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization.
We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)'s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.
The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.

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.
$140,000 - $160,000 USD

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world.
That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company.
It's why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries.
It's why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination.
And it's why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it's worth paying for.

Commission (EEOC)'s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.
Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com.
The Company encourages those with criminal histories to apply, and will consider their applications in a manner consistent with applicable "Fair Chance" laws, including but not limited to the NYC Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.
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