iOS Engineer

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.

Since 1851, The New York Times' mission has been to seek the truth and help people understand the world. Whether it's bringing new truths to light through reporting, finding the perfect side dish to pair with dinner, or challenging yourself with the Sunday crossword, our mobile apps bring this mission right to our subscribers' hands. Our iOS apps are progressive and innovative. Our teams advocate for the best approach to building apps and look to the future by participating in Early Access Programs.

Our mobile teams sit at the intersection of our mission. We’re looking for iOS Engineers across several teams to help us take our apps to the next level. Some of the opportunities include:

Build engaging features to improve the reader experience in our flagship News app

Maximize subscriber value within our Growth Platform

Apply the latest trends in native development to create engaging experiences on our Games team

Help users discover and cook the world's best recipes on the Cooking team

Build the foundational technologies that empower all mobile teams by joining the App Platforms team

This is a hybrid role, based at our New York City headquarters, reporting to the Mobile Engineering Manager and collaborating with native iOS and Android engineers, QA, product, project, data, and design professionals.

Responsibilities:

Build and ship iOS features by enhancing existing code and creating new functionality from scratch

Write clean, maintainable code using Swift and SwiftUI

Mentor other iOS engineers and support their growth

Participate in code reviews and write unit tests; collaborate with QA to enable robust automated functional tests

Contribute to app architectural decisions, documentation, technical roadmap and timeline estimations

Integrate with internal NY Times services and external third-party APIs

Stay current on iOS technologies, best practices, and AI tooling for mobile development

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

Basic Qualifications:

2+ years of professional native iOS development experience using Swift

iOS design patterns, memory management, and multi-threading, such as SwiftUI, UIKit, Combine, MVVM/MVI, and CoreData/GRDB

Knowledge of Git/GitHub and best practices for peer code review

Experience with the mobile app release process, build tools, and continuous integration

Experience with Agile software development practices

Understanding of dependency injection

Proven focus on app performance, quality, and responsiveness

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of iOS UI concepts (layouts, themes, styles, views) and Material Design guidelines

Experience working on a mobile platform team

Experience working with a distributed team and an understanding of how to make the most of asynchronous collaboration

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:

$110,000 $130,000 USD

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

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…