Software Engineer, Scoop Core

About the role

The New York Times is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Scoop Core team. Our mission is to empower product teams with a modern platform that serves as the single source for all content. Our platform enables teams to manage and evolve content schemas quickly and safely, while also providing the foundation for building user-friendly collaborative editing and publishing tools. We use GraphQL for Schema Definition and queries, Golang for development and PostgreSQL for data storage. We host our platform services on AWS. We also maintain the existing legacy publishing platforms that are hosted on GCP. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, Scoop Core.

Responsibilities

• Take on multiple technical tasks not limited to programming, such as working with Cloud services, platforms and APIs
• Research and document proposed solutions
• Write unit tests, integration tests and user documentation
• Assist other teams to onboard to our platform
• Maintain existing legacy systems
• Collaborate and learn through pairing, design reviews, and code reviews
• Collaborate with Product Management and other professionals within your team and across the organization
• 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.

Requirements

• You have 2+ years of experience building large-scale software applications
• You have experience building backend systems
• You have hands-on unit and integration testing experience
• You have experience communicating updates and resolutions to customers and cross-functional partners
• Experience in Golang, GraphQL and tooling
• Experience in deployments and services on cloud platforms
• Experience in observability and tooling
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for container and deployment orchestration
• #LI-Hybrid
• REQ-019826
• The annual base pay range for this role is between:
• $110,000 - $130,000 USD
• For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.
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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.

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