The New York Times is looking to improve the Games experience by creating, owning, and operating the services, APIs, and tooling powering the NYT Games experience.
Requirements
- 2+ years experience as an Engineering Manager leading an API or backend services team with high traffic, low latency performance demands
- 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience working with services technologies
- Understanding of API design principles, including REST, GraphQL, and gRPC
- Solid experience with cloud technologies like AWS or GCP and their service offerings and tools
- Experience managing API engineering teams with a DevOps culture (preferred)
- Familiarity with managing a backlog of competing opportunities, and aligning with partners
- Experience with Go and infrastructure in AWS
Responsibilities
- Manage a team of engineers that create, own, and operate the services, APIs, and tooling powering the NYT Games experience
- Foster an environment that boosts productivity and collaboration, and cultivate a DevOps culture of innovation and excellence
- Help establish and advocate for engineering best practices, ensuring our successful operation at scale
- Work with product owners, project managers, and other partners to develop and deliver a compelling roadmap that helps us meet our mission goals
- Develop people and teams through coaching, mentoring, and feedback
- 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
- Communicate updates and resolutions to customers and other partners
Other
- 2+ years experience as an Engineering Manager
- 5+ years of full-time software engineering experience
- Expertise coaching engineers, helping them make an impact while growing in their careers
- Experience facilitating continuous improvement and learning
- Familiarity with managing a backlog of competing opportunities, and aligning with partners
- Hybrid remote/in-office role, typically 2 days/week in office
- Annual base pay range: $152,000—$190,000 USD
