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Senior Engineering Manager, Games Mobile Apps

The New York Times· Mobile Application Development
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Hybrid (New York, NY)$185k - $215kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Engineering Manager leading iOS and Android mobile platform engineering for NYT Games, shaping multi-year mobile strategy and delivering premier digital puzzle experiences across iOS and Android.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of iOS and Android engineers, including an Engineering Manager, utilizing core mobile technologies such as Swift and Kotlin.
  • Define and drive a multi-year technical strategy for the mobile platform, balancing feature delivery with architectural scalability.
  • Develop people and teams through coaching, mentoring and feedback
  • Work with product owners, designers, producers to deliver high quality mobile products
  • Work with native engineers and other managers across the Games team to help build reusable platform capabilities
  • Modernize our development lifecycle by scaling best practices and integrating AI-assisted tools to accelerate delivery.
  • Collaborate with the App Platforms team to help the team implement best practices around core app architecture, development workflow and coding standards.
  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of strategic leadership experience managing high-performing native mobile engineering teams.
  • Deep technical fluency in building complex, high-performance iOS mobile apps; ability to guide both iOS and Android roadmaps.
  • Adaptable and effective in high-momentum environments
  • Proven ability to navigate technical ambiguity and drive clarity across long-term, cross-functional initiatives.
  • Advocate and facilitate continuous improvement and learning
  • Knowledgeable and passionate about AI coding tools especially when it comes to mobile development

Skills

Required:Native mobile engineering leadershipiOS development (Swift)Android development (Kotlin)

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
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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