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The New York Times

Senior iOS Engineer, Core News App

The New York Times, New York, New York, us, 10261


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.

About The RoleThe New York Times app has nearly a million weekly active users and supports the New York Times mission of seeking the truth and helping educate the world. Even with all the other items grabbing peoples’ attention, the natural human need to be informed, enriched and entertained remains strong, and we believe there’s room for us to improve and grow our app and increase our users’ engagement with the New York Times.We are looking for a Senior iOS Engineer to join the App Experience (AppX) team to work on the NYT app experience. The Senior iOS Engineer will work with backend developers, product, data and design team members.This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters, reporting to the Engineering Manager, App Experience. You can typically expect to come into the office two days per week.

ResponsibilitiesCreate and maintain features using SwiftContribute to app architectural decisions, technical roadmap and timeline estimationsParticipate in technical discussions with backend developers and other owners of internal/external dependenciesHelp promote standards in Swift development, and engage with the community of iOS developers at the TimesDemonstrate 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 Qualifications5+ years full time experience as an iOS EngineerUnderstanding of iOS design patterns, memory management and multi-threadingHands-on iOS Swift experience, including writing unit tests, networking, data persistence and UIExperience working with cross-functional product teams to translate product goals into quality shippable codeUnderstanding of what makes code well structured and maintainableExperience navigating a large, legacy codebase or experience with Objective-C and UI Kit

Additional QualificationsDemonstrated interest in news and making the Times an indispensable daily destination for our readersKnowledge of how design, engineering, and product decisions help create a seamless, engaging, and enjoyable user experienceExperience with SwiftUI

This role may require limited on-call hours. An on-call schedule will be determined when you join, taking into account team size and other variables.

The annual base pay range for this role is between: $140,000 — $155,000 USD

The New York Times is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, one that reflects the varied global community we serve. Our journalism and the products we build in the service of that journalism greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which can only come from diversity of all types, across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do. It is also the smart thing for our business. So we strongly encourage women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color and gender nonconforming candidates to apply.

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