Android Engineer, Games

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 New York Times is looking for an Android Engineer to join the Games mobile team. This is a hybrid role based in our New York City headquarters, reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, Games. You can typically expect to come into the office two days per week. NYT Games is a collaborative team that values inclusion, diversity and personal growth.

We combine product development with a world-class suite of puzzles including beloved titles such as the NYT Crossword, Spelling Bee, Connections and Wordle. Join us as we embark upon new feature development and future vision, improve the stability and maintainability of our systems, and deliver delightful experiences to millions daily.

As an Android Engineer, you’ll contribute to our team’s goals by owning the development and creation of features from technical design through completion while actively seeking ways to improve yourself as an engineer. We ship code to the Play Store weekly and optimize for speed of delivery without compromising on quality.

• Work closely with product, project, design, data, QA, and other engineers to guide product development.
• Own small to medium sized Android features end to end.
• Design, develop, and test new features using Kotlin and other modern Android development tools and frameworks.
• Contribute to app architectural decisions, code review, documentation, and technical roadmap.
• Optimize the platform to ensure our app is stable by writing quality code and partnering with the QA team to test and fix bugs.
• Collaborate with internal NYTimes services, and external APIs.
• 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.

• 2+ years professional software development experience working with Android (Kotlin).
• Understanding of modern Android technologies such as Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Dagger/Hilt, MVVM/MVI, and Room.
• Experience with layouts, themes, styles, views and other Android UI concepts.
• Embrace challenges, always learning, and eager to bring others along in learning; currently utilizing Jetpack Compose and Coroutines for feature development.

• Experience using modern Android technologies such as Coroutines and Jetpack Compose.
• Experience working with UI that adapts to different screen sizes.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs.
• Experience with benchmarking.

The annual base pay range for this role is $110,000 - $130,000 USD.

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism. 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…