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About the Role

The New York Times is looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Games organization as the leader of the Games API Team. You will report to the Director of Engineering for Games Platform and lead a team of engineers that create, own, and operate the services, APIs, and tooling powering the NYT Games experience. You will work across departments to deliver and maintain the premier destination for digital puzzle games and help cultivate a culture of innovation and fun!

NYT Games is a collaborative team that values inclusion, diversity, and personal growth. We combine product development with a distinguished suite of puzzles including beloved titles such as the NYT Crossword, Spelling Bee, Wordle, and Connections. Come help us on our journey to grow a world-class platform, as we continue delivering delightful experiences to millions daily.

This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters. You can typically expect to come into the office two days/week.

Responsibilities:

Manage a diverse team of software engineers, ranging in career level
Foster an environment that boosts productivity and collaboration, and cultivate a DevOps culture of innovation and excellence
Develop people and teams through coaching, mentoring, and feedback
Work with product owners, project managers, and other partners to develop and deliver a compelling roadmap that helps us meet our mission goals
Help establish and advocate for engineering best practices, ensuring our successful operation at scale
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.

Basic Qualifications:

2+ years experience as an Engineering Manager leading an API or backend services team with high traffic, low latency performance demands
5+ years of full-time software engineering experience working with services technologies. We generally build APIs in Go and infrastructure in AWS
Understanding of API design principles, including REST, GraphQL, and gRPC, and solid experience with cloud technologies like AWS or GCP and their service offerings and tools
Expertise coaching engineers, helping them make an impact while growing in their careers, and experience facilitating continuous improvement and learning
Experience communicating updates and resolutions to customers and other partners
Familiarity with managing a backlog of competing opportunities, and aligning with partners

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience managing API engineering teams with a DevOps culture
Demonstrated familiarity with and experience with the NYT Games product

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This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$152,000—$190,000 USD

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