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Director of Engineering, Games Platform

2 months ago


New York, New York, United States The New York Times Full time

About the Role

The New York Times is seeking a seasoned Technical Director to lead the platform engineering behind the Games offered by our organization.

You will report to the Head of Engineering for the Games Mission, collaborating with partners in Product, Production, Design, and Data to drive the development of mobile, web, and backend platforms and accelerate product development across all our Games.

We have declared ourselves a subscription-first company, focusing on delivering products that are worth paying for and are unparalleled in quality and consumer delight. Games play a vital role in our vision, and we aim to be the premier subscription destination for digital puzzles. This is a critical role in helping build high-quality platforms to bring consistency and technology excellence across all our Games.

We primarily build APIs in Go on AWS, iOS apps in Swift, Android apps in Kotlin, and web front-ends in React.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage multiple teams of engineers to deliver the platform technical roadmap while ensuring quality and reusability of engineering capability to build products.
  • Create a clear line of sight to the aims and goals of the Games mission, ensuring that staff understand their purpose and deliverables.
  • Coordinate with other technology teams to create the right solutions, manage expectations, and keep strategies aligned.
  • Coach and develop engineers and engineering managers.
  • Create an inclusive team culture, recruit for, and retain exceptional engineering talent.
  • 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.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of experience as a Director of Engineering.
  • 2+ years of experience managing managers.
  • Experience running platforms at scale supporting consumer product development across web and mobile surfaces.
  • Strategic technical leadership experience and demonstrated understanding of how it connects to outcomes.
  • Experience working in complex product organizations, supporting stakeholders with diverse and sometimes conflicting technical and product requirements.
  • Expertise in creating healthy feedback environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of individual contributor experience either as a web or app developer.
  • Exposure to building and deploying high-traffic systems in cloud environments (preferably AWS).
  • Engineering experience in the gaming industry.