Job Description

Join The New York Times as an Engineering Manager, supporting and growing a community of engineers. We’re looking for managers across different teams, focused on building an inclusive team culture and working on individual engineers performance, training and hiring, along with daily management. We have a Technology department of nearly 500 people, who are well-regarded in the community; they speak at conferences and write about their work. More at: https://open.nytimes.com/.

How We Work:

We employ an Agile/Scrum methodology to provide reliable software in a predictable way. We push code to production and improve speed of delivery without compromising quality. Engineering Managers, while not always directly responsible for delivery, will create a culture and processes that keep developers happy and focused as they work on building value. We will support you in this role by providing:

• Management training offered in-house and off-site

• Clearly defined career ladders and managers who really care about your career development

• Monthly all-managers meetings and roundtables to share knowledge and learn from peers

• A guaranteed week dedicated to learning each year

What You’ll Do:

• Hire and mentor a team of software engineers

• Give constructive feedback to help your direct reports grow in their professional careers

• Improve software delivery and operational processes

• Work with product owners, project managers and other partners to ensure team’s deliveries

• Lead a team who is building essential systems or user-facing products that are core to the mission of the New York Times

You Have:

• 2+ years of Engineering Management experience, prior software development experience and an interest in becoming a manager of engineers

• An interest in promoting an inclusive team culture where engineers of diverse backgrounds can grow

• Experience building and running products or systems in a production environment

• A willingness and desire to build teams that others will learn from

Current Open Roles:

• Data Engineering Manager: Lead two teams responsible for the technology, strategy and direction of our experimentation and targeting platforms as part of the NYT Data Mission.

• Games Engineering Manager: Lead the team that helps people discover and enjoy The New York Time’s suite of unique and wonderful games.

This role may require limited on-call hours. An on-call schedule will be determined when you join, taking into account team size and other variables.

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local "Fair Chance" laws.