Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer

Graphql Platform

Posted on 8/26/2025

The New York Times

The New York Times

10,001+ employees

Subscription-based digital and print journalism

Compensation Overview

$140k - $160k/yr

+ Bonus + Restricted Stock

Remote in USA + 1 more

More locations: New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
GraphQL
Go
Requirements
  • 5+ years of software development experience with a focus on API development
  • Expertise developing and scaling GraphQL APIs in production, with practical knowledge of federation principles (Apollo or similar)
  • Background includes at least one statically typed backend language
  • We use Go
  • Familiar with automation for code quality, release management, and developer workflow improvements
  • Experience delivering projects from design to implementation, testing and documentation
  • Value learning and improvement, sharing knowledge, and welcoming constructive feedback
Responsibilities
  • Develop new platform offerings while ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our GraphQL platform as it continues to grow
  • Lead by example in establishing and enforcing GraphQL schema design and governance best practices, participating in platform-wide schema working groups, and reviewing/mentoring cross-team contributions
  • Contribute to the platform's automation, developer tooling, and onboarding/kick-off guides for service adopters and subgraph contributors
  • Support on-call, incident response, and troubleshooting efforts for platform-level escalations
  • Mentor team members, promoting technical excellence and a culture of respect and constructive 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
  • You will report to the Senior Software Engineering Manager
Desired Qualifications
  • Background working with Apollo GraphQL (Router, Federation, schema design, plugins/extensions)
  • Knowledge of performance optimization for APIs under high traffic, CDN integration, caching, and multi-region operations
  • Experience troubleshooting and improving observability for a platform distributed across multiple systems
  • Experience deploying and maintaining applications on Kubernetes

The New York Times provides digital and print news across politics, business, technology, culture, and more for a global audience. It earns revenue from recurring subscriptions for digital and print editions and from online advertising, including sponsored content. It enhances value with subscriber services like NYT Cooking and other offerings, delivered through a digital platform, newsletters, and mobile apps. Its goal is to deliver trusted information and insightful analysis at scale while expanding its digital reach and subscriber value.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1850

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