Staff iOS Engineer (News Product)

Location: Hybrid role based in the New York City headquarters; typically 3 days per week in the office.

Annual base salary: $162,000–$195,000 USD, with eligibility for variable pay including an annual bonus and restricted stock.

Company

Independent journalism organization delivering news and digital experiences to millions of readers.

What you will do

• Lead the design and implementation of core iOS architectures, shared frameworks, internal SDKs, and infrastructure using Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit.
• Guide app-wide architectural decisions, define the long-term technical roadmap, and establish iOS engineering standards.
• Build scalable, maintainable, and reliable solutions in collaboration with backend engineers, web teams, designers, mobile engineers, and internal dependency owners.
• Lead programs improving the News app’s quality, performance, and maintainability, including broader New York Times Swift platform integrations where applicable.
• Promote iOS and Swift delivery standards, contribute to Communities of Practice, and engage with the iOS developer community.
• Mentor engineers and support the organization’s journalistic independence mission.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years focused on large-scale iOS applications.
• Experience setting technical direction, guiding engineering teams, and leading mobile architecture.
• Deep mastery of iOS runtime mechanics, memory management, advanced design patterns, and Swift Concurrency.
• Hands-on experience designing complex data persistence layers, advanced networking, and scalable test suites.
• Expertise in mobile performance engineering, including app launch optimization, binary size reduction, and memory profiling.
• Experience designing client-side observability infrastructure using Datadog or similar platforms.
• Experience orchestrating large-scale architectural migrations, such as UI framework shifts, monolith decoupling, and automated refactoring.
• Experience with framework design and modularization, including internal SDK development.
• Product and Developer Experience mindset, with the ability to translate complex goals and developer friction into scalable code.
• Passion for news, user-focused product decisions, clean and maintainable code, and the organization’s mission.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with regular attendance at the New York City headquarters.
• Culture emphasizing transparency, openness, diversity, learning, community, and continuous improvement.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Company-matching 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, and paid parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.