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Senior iOS Engineer, Data Platforms

The New York Times
Location
New York, NY
Posted
18 days ago
Department
Mobile Application Development
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years of professional experience building native iOS applications in Swift
  • Expertise in Swift, Swift Concurrency, and modern iOS architectural patterns (e.g., MVVM, unidirectional data flow)
  • Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining shared libraries or SDK-style code consumed by multiple teams or applications
  • Experience working with analytics systems, event-driven architectures, or experimentation frameworks
  • Experience independently owning large technical initiatives from design through rollout
Nice to have
  • Experience building mobile platform tooling or internal SDKs
  • Familiarity with experimentation systems, feature flags, and A/B testing infrastructure
  • Experience optimizing startup time, memory footprint, and runtime performance
  • Knowledge of data governance, privacy considerations, and compliance requirements in mobile apps
  • Experience working in high-traffic consumer applications at scale
What the job really is

The Senior iOS Engineer for the Data Platforms team at The New York Times will lead the development of mobile data infrastructure and behavioral data tools that support various iOS applications. This role involves designing and implementing event collection, analytics instrumentation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure data systems are reliable and performant. The engineer will also be responsible for writing clean code, participating in code reviews, and contributing to architectural decisions.

Benefits
  • In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock
  • Medical, dental and vision benefits
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
  • Company-matching 401(k) plan
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid vacation
Things to weigh
  • Hybrid role requiring in-office presence 2+ days/week
  • No specific mention of the tech stack beyond iOS and Swift
  • Focus on data infrastructure may limit exposure to other areas of mobile development
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