Web Engineer, T Brand (temporary) - Remote Eligible

Web Engineer, T Brand (Temporary)

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.

As a Web Engineer, you will help build advertising templates for The New York Times' high-volume content websites and contributing to the development of interactive, content-driven single-page applications. You will work with UI/UX and product designers, backend developers, and other stakeholders to create visually appealing and user-friendly web experiences, delivering exceptional user experiences and robust ad solutions.

This is a remote position.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and maintain responsive and performant advertising templates using HTML, CSS (SCSS), and JavaScript.
• Build modular and scalable templates that drive New York Times and T Brand advertising initiatives.
• Build best-in-class, frontend-focused single-page web applications.
• Implement features and components for interactive single-page applications, ensuring cross-browser compatibility and following accessibility best-practices.
• Collaborate with Senior Engineers to understand technical requirements and contribute to solution design.
• Write clean, well-documented, efficient, readable, and reusable code, following established best practices and organizational standards.
• Participate in code reviews, providing and receiving constructive feedback.
• Debug and troubleshoot front-end issues, identifying and implementing effective solutions.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging web technologies and industry best practices, with a commitment to learning and professional development.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our development processes and tools.
• 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 Manager, Creative Technology.

Basic Qualifications:

• 1+ years of professional experience building intuitive user-facing web designs with modern web technologies.
• Solid proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, modern JavaScript (ES6+), and TypeScript.
• Experience with CSS pre-processors like SCSS.
• Understanding of responsive design principles and mobile-first development.
• Strong knowledge of GIT and version control to track changes and collaborate with others.
• Experience analyzing, debugging, and troubleshooting problems in the code.
• Familiarity with common software development design patterns.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with front-end frameworks/libraries such as Astro, Svelte, or React.
• Experience working with Google Ad Manager (GAM) concepts.
• Experience collaborating with non-technical partners.

The annual base pay range for this role is between: $110,000 - $120,000 USD.