Staff Software Engineer, Application Delivery

The New York Times • New York, NY

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

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.
About the Role
The Developer Platforms mission at The New York Times builds the foundational platforms, tooling, and paved paths that help product teams ship high‑quality experiences quickly and safely. Our Application Delivery team provides the shared software delivery platform (CI/CD and artifact management) and deployment workflows used by many product teams across the company.
We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical direction of software delivery as a product.
This is a hybrid role based two days in our New York City headquarters. You will report to the Engineering Manager of the DevEx Application Delivery team.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience building the technical strategy and driving CI/CD(Github Actions, Argo CD or equivalent) and software delivery with broad organizational impact beyond operations
• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining production services in one or more general‑purpose programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, TypeScript/Node.js, or Java), including code review and debugging complex issues
• 7+ years of experience with containers, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Git‑based deployment workflows and cloud services such as AWS, GCP
• Experience leading cross‑team technical work, communicating trade‑offs, and building understanding among diverse partners including Product, platform, and product engineering teams
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to GenAI‑assisted developer tooling (e.g., Cursor, Copilot, or Claude Code) and interest in how these tools integrate with software delivery, CI/CD, and platform workflows
• Exposure to artifact/package management (e.g., Artifactory or similar) with attention to security, retention, cost, and ease of use for engineers

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction of software delivery as a shared product: shape paved paths in our platform that improve code health, release quality, and delivery speed for product teams
• Collaborate with Product, engineering leaders, and internal users to shape the roadmap for the delivery platform and bring measurable impact on quality and speed.
• Deliver scalable, secure, and observable software delivery systems and workflows that improve reliability, and overall software quality and velocity.
• Champion engineering excellence in delivery by setting best practices for testing, deployment strategies, progressive delivery, and observability that are easy to adopt through the platform.
• Mentor engineers across the mission, contribute to hiring, and help foster an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture centered on shared platforms and high‑quality software delivery.
• 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.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed