The New York Times is looking to grow its subscriber footprint by developing an in-app customer journey and delivering unique value in the NYT apps, requiring a Mobile Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on critical moments in the subscriber journey across iOS and Android.
Requirements
- 1+ years of experience managing engineers and providing technical leadership in mobile development
- Prior experience in software development, working with iOS or Android
- Expertise in Swift/SwiftUI and/or Kotlin/Jetpack Compose
- Experience with A/B testing, analytics, and in-app purchases (e.g., StoreKit2 for iOS), SKU management and subscription functionality
- Knowledge of mobile architectures (MVC/MVP/MVVM), concurrency, memory management, and multi-device/version support
- Knowledge of mobile app release and QA practices, build tools, CI/CD, submission and review processes for the Apple App Store and Google Play Store
- Knowledge of app performance, quality, and responsiveness for both platforms
Responsibilities
- Oversee the development and testing of new features for both iOS and Android platforms
- Lead mobile growth team by applying new platform features and Apple/Google advancements to innovate products and promoting their business applications to product partners
- Support the skill growth of the team by providing expert technical guidance and mentorship in mobile payments during rapid team expansion
- Shape the technical vision for mobile payments, sales, and experimentation
- Develop and implement roadmaps and technical strategies to improve conversion, revenue, churn rates, and platform capabilities
- Enhance efficiency by identifying and integrating new mobile tools and AI applications for faster development
- Ensure code coverage, observability and monitoring and work with QA to enable functional automated tests
Other
- This is a hybrid role based in our New York City Headquarters.
- You'll report to the Director of Engineering in the Growth mission and oversee a team of native iOS, Android engineers, partnering with QA, product, project, data, and design cross-functional partners.
- Collaborate with other teams to ensure alignment on Growth mission and company strategies
- Collaborate with Engineering Managers to develop best practices and processes for development for a growing cohort of engineers
- Oversee career development and performance management of a team of engineers
