Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Video Advertising
ThenewyorktimesRole Overview
Thenewyorktimes is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Video Advertising. This is a full-time remote role, with the team based in New York, NY; Remote -. Part of Thenewyorktimes's Frontend hiring, posted yesterday. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.
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Job description
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.
About the Role
The Digital Advertising Mission at The New York Times is looking for a senior software engineer to lead the technical evolution of our programmatic video advertising capabilities. You will collaborate across NYT product teams to build performant, video-first ad experiences. This is a hybrid role, based at our New York City headquarters, reporting to the Ad Experience Engineering Manager. At The New York Times, our product teams create engaging experiences for over 150 million digital readers from around the globe. The Digital Advertising Mission develops display and video ad products that differentiates us in the market, perform for our readers, and sell at scale.
Responsibilities:
As a senior individual contributor specializing in video and programmatic technology, you will:
- Architect Video Ad Products: Create seamless outstream (in-read, in-page) and instream video experiences across NYT products.
- Identity and Privacy: Design and implement solutions for identity resolution within the programmatic stack, ensuring high auction match rates auctions while maintaining strict privacy standards.
- Standards and Compliance: Implement and promote industry standards for video delivery, such as VAST or VPAID, ensuring compatibility across our multi-platform environment.
- Performance Monitoring: Oversee end-to-end performance of video ads, focusing on Core Web Vitals and reducing the "time to first frame" for outstream units.
- Mentorship and Quality: Advocate for codebase quality, mentor engineers on the nuances of programmatic auctions, and foster an environment of excellence.
- 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.
- This role reports to the Senior Engineering Manager, Ad Experience.
Basic Qualifications:
- Experience: You have 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a heavy focus on AdTech.
- Programmatic Expertise: You understand programmatic advertising including bidder configuration, universal identity providers (e.g., UID2, LiveRamp), and optimizing auctions in web and mobile environments.
- Video Specialization: You understand outstream and programmatic video workflows. You are comfortable working with video players and ad-signaling protocols.
- Technical Experience: You are proficient in TypeScript/JavaScript, front-end library CI/CD tooling, and version control.
- Yield and Performance Driven: You understand how technical decisions, such as identity matching and auction depth, impact programmatic yield and user latency.
- AI Experience: Hands-on experience with agentic or AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Claude Code or Cursor) including the ability to effectively direct, iterate on, and verify AI-generated output.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Hybrid or web viewed content within Apps.
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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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, 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 laws. Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com. Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
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Is the Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Video Advertising role at Thenewyorktimes remote?
Yes. This is a remote role. The team is based in New York, NY; Remote -, but the position itself does not require relocating to that office.
What does a Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Video Advertising at Thenewyorktimes earn?
Thenewyorktimes has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.
When was the Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Video Advertising role at Thenewyorktimes posted?
This role was posted on July 8, 2026 (yesterday). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.
How much experience does the Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Video Advertising role at Thenewyorktimes require?
This is a senior-level position. Most senior roles call for 5+ years of directly relevant experience. Thenewyorktimes lists their specific requirements in the description below, so review the must-have qualifications closely before applying.
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