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Staff iOS Engineer - News Product

The New York Times148 open roles

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$162,000 – $195,000 a year
Where
New York, NY
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Your applicationOpen nowStaff iOS Engineer - News ProductThe New York Times · New York, NY

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12.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. The New York Times postings stay open a median of 49 days.

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  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.0%60 days
This job: posted 8 days ago

The New York Times median: 49 days open

The posting

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.

The News Product team at The New York Times is looking for a Staff iOS Engineer. You will work with our Native squad to lay the foundations for satisfying native app experiences. You will deliver world-class journalism to millions of daily readers in a responsive and performant medium. You will lead efforts to enhance the quality, performance, and long-term maintainability of the News app codebase. You will establishing a technical vision that ensures our native experiences remain responsive and reliable for all readers. As part of the News Product organization, you will work with designers, other mobile engineers, and web engineers, and more on a team.

This is an opportunity to use different tools, ranging from SwiftUI to hybrid web technologies - whatever will best solve the problem at hand. You'll be part of an engineering organization that values transparency and openness, diversity, learning, community, and continuous improvement.

This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters. You can typically expect to come into the office 3 days/week.

You express:

  • Belief in our mission: You have passion with the news and for making the Times an indispensable daily destination for our readers.
  • Technical competency: You have knowledge of iOS frameworks and Swift, and keep up to date on changes in the frameworks, language and overall developer community.
  • Code cleanliness: You understand what makes code well structured, maintainable and flexible and aim to create a culture where quality code is valued.
  • User focus: You care about how design, engineering and product decisions help create a seamless, engaging and enjoyable user experience.

Responsibilities:

  • You will lead the design and implementation of core architectures, shared frameworks, and infrastructure using Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit that accelerate our feature teams.
  • You will work with your team to build solutions that are scalable, maintainable and reliable.
  • You will guide app-wide architectural decisions, shape the long-term technical roadmap, and set engineering standards for the iOS platform.
  • You will lead technical understanding, collaborating with backend engineers, web teams, and other internal dependency owners.
  • You will help promote standards in iOS and Swift delivery, and engage with the community of iOS developers at the Times.
  • You will lead programs to help the quality, performance and maintainability of the News app codebase
  • You will mentor engineers and contribute to/participate in Communities of Practice
  • Where applicable, you will integrate with broader New York Times Swift platform code
  • 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:

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years focused on large-scale iOS applications.
  • Experience setting technical direction, guiding engineering teams, and leading mobile architecture.
  • Deep mastery of iOS runtime mechanics, memory management, advanced design patterns, and Swift Concurrency.
  • Hands-on experience designing complex data persistence layers, advanced networking, and scalable test suites.
  • Expertise in mobile performance engineering, including app launch optimization, binary size reduction, and memory profiling.
  • Experience designing client-side observability infrastructure using Datadog or similar platforms.
  • Experience orchestrating large-scale architectural migrations (e.g., UI framework shifts, monolithic decoupling, automated refactoring).
  • Experience with framework design and modularization, including internal SDK development.
  • Product and Developer Experience (DX) mindset with the vision to translate complex goals and developer friction into scalable code.

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Compensation and Benefits For This Role:

In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$162,000—$195,000 USD

Candidate Use of GenAI Tools:

We’re excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

If you’re an engineering candidate, we’ll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. To do so, we embrace a diverse workforce that has a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across our ranks, at all levels of the organization. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do 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 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.

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.

For information about The New York Times' privacy practices for job applicants, click here.

Please beware of fraudulent job postings. Scammers may post fraudulent job opportunities, and they may even make fraudulent employment offers. This is done by bad actors to collect personal information and money from victims. All legitimate job opportunities from The New York Times will be accessible through The New York Times careers site. The New York Times will not ask job applicants for financial information or for payment, and will not refer you to a third party to do so. You should never send money to anyone who suggests they can provide employment with The New York Times.

If you see a fake or fraudulent job posting, or if you suspect you have received a fraudulent offer, you can report it to The New York Times at [email protected]. You can also file a report with the Federal Trade Commission or your state attorney general.

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