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About the Role
The New York Times' Research & Development team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with applied AI experience to develop applications using Large Language Models (LLMs) in service of the company's mission and journalistic standards. You will report to the Executive Director of R&D.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement LLM-backed APIs, driving improvements through evaluation, grounding, and fine-tuning.
- Deploy reliable services in cloud environments (GCP or AWS) for high-traffic LLM applications.
- Manage the transition of features from experimental prototypes to stable production systems.
- Collaborate with designers, product managers, and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical tasks.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation for feature handoff and future maintenance.
- Stay current with AI and LLM advancements, advocating for new technologies and best practices.
- Demonstrate understanding of journalistic independence and commitment to the company's mission.
Requirements
- Comfortable building projects independently and collaborating with a larger team.
- Curious about and skeptical of new technologies, applying them to solve important problems.
- Takes pride in craft and understands the need to capture patterns and support future development.
- 5+ years of professional software development or equivalent experience.
- Proficiency with Python and TypeScript/JavaScript.
- Professional experience architecting and shipping applications that use LLMs.
- Experience with multi-step chaining and human-in-the-loop workflows.
- Strong understanding of LLM evaluations, including refining products using instrumentation, monitoring, and golden datasets.
- Experience in algorithmic and AI text processing (e.g., text segmentation, semantic chunking, restructuring).
Skills
- Applied AI
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Python
- TypeScript/JavaScript
- Cloud environments (GCP, AWS)
- LLM evaluations
- Algorithmic text processing
- AI text processing
- Text segmentation
- Semantic chunking
- Restructuring
- AI orchestration
- AI evaluation frameworks
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Temporary
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $79.67—$90.11 USD per hour
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
- Company-matching 401(k) plan
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick days
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional development programs
About the Company
- The New York Times' mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the world through independent journalism.
- The Research & Development team explores how emerging technologies can be applied in service of journalism.
- Technology permeates every aspect of the business, from coverage of trends to digital transformation.
- The company is committed to being the world's best source of independent, reliable, and quality journalism.
- The company embraces a diverse workforce with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.
Equal Opportunity
- The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does 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 New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.