Job Description:
The New York Times is looking for a motivated data engineer to help build our next generation analytics data platform.
The ideal candidate should be passionate about data, proven expertise in building custom tools and have extensive experience working in web development and analytics. The candidate must have demonstrated experience as a lead engineer in an agile cooperative environment.
If you enjoy providing sustainable, high impact solutions to end-users, you might be perfect for this role.
Desired Skills & Experience
- Self-starter and ability to handle multiple competing priorities in an Agile environment.
- Extensive experience in JavaScript and other client-side technologies
- Excellent knowledge of data structures, algorithms and design patterns
- Experience developing dashboards and generating insights
- Experience working with MVC based front-end libraries such as Angular JS
- Experience in building web applications in a Linux environment and handling or analyzing large volumes of data.
- Experience working with tag management systems
- Experience working with cloud based technologies like AWS
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team
- Experience in product optimization or A/B testing is a plus
- Experience in machine learning is a plus
- Experience with distributed data processing system, such as Hadoop/MapReduce, Hive, Pig and SQL/NoSQL databases
- Proficient in Excel
- Strong communication skills
- B.S or M.S in Computer Science or related fields preferred
Responsibilities
- Work with business and technology partners to provide reporting capabilities for all our internal customers
- Lead a team of engineers tasked with building the next generation internal dashboard tool
- Extend our real time data streaming capabilities for timely insights
- Extend analytics via automation and tooling to the entire digital organization to enable cohesive data driven decisions
- Design and develop event-tracking mechanism based on web/app analytics projects.
- Design and develop SQL scripts and tools to serve specialized analytics requests.
- Work with data scientists and analysts to develop innovative techniques for capturing event driven data to enable real-time decision-making and response.
- Develop business critical data solutions
- Institute continuous integration methodologies as a part of solution design
J2W:DIC
Company Information: The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is a global media organization dedicated to enhancing society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news and information. The company includes The New York Times, International New York Times, NYTimes.com, INYT.com and related properties. It is known globally for excellence in its journalism, and innovation in its print and digital storytelling and its business model. Follow news about the company at @NYTimesComm.
EEO Statement: The New York Times Company is an equal employment opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, national origin, citizenship or any other protected characteristic. The New York Times Company is committed to diversity in its most inclusive sense.
The New York Times is looking for a motivated data engineer to help build our next generation analytics data platform.
The ideal candidate should be passionate about data, proven expertise in building custom tools and have extensive experience working in web development and analytics. The candidate must have demonstrated experience as a lead engineer in an agile cooperative environment.
If you enjoy providing sustainable, high impact solutions to end-users, you might be perfect for this role.
Desired Skills & Experience
- Self-starter and ability to handle multiple competing priorities in an Agile environment.
- Extensive experience in JavaScript and other client-side technologies
- Excellent knowledge of data structures, algorithms and design patterns
- Experience developing dashboards and generating insights
- Experience working with MVC based front-end libraries such as Angular JS
- Experience in building web applications in a Linux environment and handling or analyzing large volumes of data.
- Experience working with tag management systems
- Experience working with cloud based technologies like AWS
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team
- Experience in product optimization or A/B testing is a plus
- Experience in machine learning is a plus
- Experience with distributed data processing system, such as Hadoop/MapReduce, Hive, Pig and SQL/NoSQL databases
- Proficient in Excel
- Strong communication skills
- B.S or M.S in Computer Science or related fields preferred
Responsibilities
- Work with business and technology partners to provide reporting capabilities for all our internal customers
- Lead a team of engineers tasked with building the next generation internal dashboard tool
- Extend our real time data streaming capabilities for timely insights
- Extend analytics via automation and tooling to the entire digital organization to enable cohesive data driven decisions
- Design and develop event-tracking mechanism based on web/app analytics projects.
- Design and develop SQL scripts and tools to serve specialized analytics requests.
- Work with data scientists and analysts to develop innovative techniques for capturing event driven data to enable real-time decision-making and response.
- Develop business critical data solutions
- Institute continuous integration methodologies as a part of solution design
J2W:DIC
Company Information: The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is a global media organization dedicated to enhancing society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news and information. The company includes The New York Times, International New York Times, NYTimes.com, INYT.com and related properties. It is known globally for excellence in its journalism, and innovation in its print and digital storytelling and its business model. Follow news about the company at @NYTimesComm.
EEO Statement: The New York Times Company is an equal employment opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, national origin, citizenship or any other protected characteristic. The New York Times Company is committed to diversity in its most inclusive sense.