Software Engineer, Algorithmic Targeting - Backend

The New York Times · New York City, NY

Company

The New York Times

Location

New York City, NY

Type

Full Time

Job Description

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 Role

The Algorithmic Targeting (ALTA) team is looking for a Software Engineer to solve creative challenges by building infrastructure and integrations to deploy and test machine learning models that help grow our subscriber base and lifetime value. 

At The New York Times, our machine learning services support our mission to help people understand the world as well as our business goal of acquiring and retaining subscribers. We accomplish this by algorithmically targeting our readers at specific moments in their subscription lifecycle, driving lifetime value (LTV) and subscriber base growth. By joining our team, you'll help further the mission of the New York Times by growing our subscription business and expanding the reach of The New York Times across News, Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, and The Athletic.

You will report to the Engineering Manager, Growth. This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters.


Responsibilities

  • Partner with data scientists to build machine learning modeling infrastructure,
  • Collaborate with data scientists to deploy machine learning models in a production environment
  • Contribute to the Times’ Machine Learning Platform to advance business initiatives
  • Partner with data analysts to build ETL data pipelines
  • Develop monitoring systems to assess quality of data produced by ETL pipelines


Basic Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of experience writing production-quality Python
  • 1+ years of building data processing and ETL pipelines (e.g. Apache Airflow) 
  • 1+ years of experience using cloud computing platforms (e.g. GCP, AWS)
  • 1+ years of experience designing databases and modeling data
  • 1+ years of experience with SQL


Preferred Qualifications:

  • 1+ years of experience building distributed and scalable platforms for machine learning
  • 1+ years of experience deploying containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience building unit and integration tests to validate the accuracy of algorithmic model outputs
  • Experience programming in Go
  • Familiarity with ML packages such as SciKit-Learn, Tensorflow or Pytorch


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

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$104,000$130,000 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.

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email [email protected]. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

The Company will further consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws. 

The New York Times Company follows the pay transparency and non-discrimination provisions outlined by the United States Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Click here for details.

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Date Posted

12/10/2023

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