Senior Data Engineer, Customer-facing Data Products

The New York Times

New York, NY, United States
Base: $140,000 - $155,000 usd; bonus/equity: eligi...
On-site
5+ years data engineering experience
Real-time event-driven architectures
Cloud native aws architecture
The New York Times is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build real-time data pipelines and APIs that serve aggregated data for customer-facing use cases

Job Summary

  • The New York Times is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build real-time data pipelines and APIs that serve aggregated data for customer-facing use cases.
  • This role requires developing scalable, high-availability data serving capabilities while ensuring data quality, observability, and governance best practices.
  • Candidates will collaborate with software engineers to improve pipeline performance and mentor colleagues through pairing, design reviews, and code feedback.

Matching Summary

The New York Times is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build real-time data pipelines and APIs that serve aggregated data for customer-facing use cases.

Salary

Base: $140,000 - $155,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: Eligible for annual bonus and restricted stock; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid leave, tuition reimbursement

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years data engineering experience
  • Real-time event-driven architectures
  • Cloud native AWS architecture
  • Python programming fluency
  • REST GraphQL gRPC API design

Nice-to-have

  • Apache Kafka Flink Spark Streaming
  • FastAPI Flask framework experience
  • SQL proficiency
  • Data lakehouse medallion architecture
  • Collaboration with product partners

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years full-time data engineering experience
  • Experience with cloud native architectures (AWS preferred)
  • Fluency in Python programming language
  • Proficiency with version control and CI/CD tools

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