The mission (https://www.nytco.com/company/mission-and-values/) 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 Web Platforms team owns the ecosystem that powers the presentation of news content for www.nytimes.com and related mobile app webviews. We are accountable for improving the developer experience, performance, and resiliency of our web applications. Our primary technologies include React, Node, TypeScript, and GraphQL. We focus on three main areas: + The extensibility of web platforms in response to our stakeholders' needs. + The quality of releases regarding user experience and web performance. + The reliability of web infrastructure regarding its operation and scalability. As the Engineering Manager, you will directly manage the individual contributors on the team, promote a positive engineering culture, and ensure the delivery of milestones. You will partner with our product manager to evolve our web platform and onboard new products and teams. You will use your background in modern web technologies to align on priorities and goals with our stakeholders. This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters, reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager. You can typically expect to come into the office two days per week. Responsibilities: + Manage a diverse team of software engineers + Foster a positive and inclusive team environment supporting individual team members in their growth through coaching, mentoring, and feedback + Work with Product Management to align on goals, priorities, and roadmaps + Maintain collaborative relationships with other teams and departments + Pursue engineering excellence through best practices, coding standards, and development methodologies to ensure the delivery of high-quality, maintainable code + Communicate status, risks, and requirements to your peers and senior leaders + Hire candidates from diverse backgrounds for your team or the larger engineering organization + Oversee team operations including budgeting and the delivery of projects + Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence (https://www.nytco.com/company/mission-and-values/) and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world Basic Qualifications: + 1+ years experience as an Engineering manager or 3+ years of experience in a technical leadership role working with cross-functional partners + 8+ years of full-stack web development experience for web and mobile clients + You have experience balancing and navigating the trade-offs between maintaining existing systems while moving features onto evolving technology stacks + You have experience building centralized infrastructure, platforms, services, and other technologies that internal engineering teams use + You have experience building applications developed in a Node.js framework to be reliable, scalable, secure, and observable #LI-Hybrid REQ-018561 The annual base pay range for this role is between: $152,000 — $190,000 USD The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. 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