The New York Times

Engineering Manager, Content Data Products

New York, NY

Sponsorship not specified$152k-$190kDetected 1 day ago

PythonJavaGoDistributed SystemsPostgreSQLAWSSparkData ScienceLeadershipCollaboration

About the role

This team sits within the Publishing group at the New York Times, which is responsible for the content management system for all of the Times.
The goal is to make the world's best journalism.

Develop the Team: Manage a team of 6-9 backend engineers.
Oversee Technical Strategy: Guide the team in developing high-throughput, low-latency services and pipelines for data delivery and warehousing. Guide decisions on architecture and technology selection
Build and Deliver: Collaborate with different teams to define roadmaps, plan sprints, and deliver impactful projects. Ensure the team's work is aligned with broader goals.
Ensure Operational Excellence: Lead the reliability, scalability, and performance of the team's services. Champion monitoring, alerting, and on-call practices to maintain high availability for our critical systems.
Collaborate Across Boundaries: Build relationships and coordinate projects across other teams and organizations to ensure successful outcomes. Represent the team in technical discussions and communicate technical challenges and risks.
Collaborate with different teams to define roadmaps, plan sprints, and deliver impactful projects.
Lead the reliability, scalability, and performance of the team's services.
Champion monitoring, alerting, and on-call practices to maintain high availability for our critical systems.
You will report to an Engineering Director and manage a team of engineers who partner with product and project managers, data scientists, newsroom along with other partners.
It empowers development teams to build and evolve experiences with speed and quality.

2+ years of experience in an engineering management or people leadership role
5+ years of hands-on experience as a software engineer
Experience with Golang, Python, Java or similar within event-driven architectures, and distributed systems at scale such as Spark or Flink

Technical Expertise: Experience with Golang, Python, Java or similar within event-driven architectures, and distributed systems at scale such as Spark or Flink
Data Expertise: Experience working with large-scale data storage and analysis tools such as Postgres, S3, Glue, and Athena
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.

Experience working with large-scale data storage and analysis tools such as Postgres, S3, Glue, and Athena
This provides editors and creators with a unified and interconnected suite of tools they can use with confidence.

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.
$152,000 - $190,000 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.
Promote a culture of collaboration, engineering excellence, and psychological safety.
Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a commitment to our mission.

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