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Senior iOS Engineer, Data Platforms

The New York Times · New York, NY

Posted 15 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
15 days
The New York Times's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of The New York Times's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at The New York Times
high
104 stale, 0 reposted of 168 open
Hiring momentum
243 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

The Senior iOS Engineer for the Data Platforms team at The New York Times will lead the development of mobile data infrastructure and behavioral data tools that support various iOS applications. This role involves designing and implementing event collection, analytics instrumentation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure data systems are reliable and performant. The engineer will also be responsible for writing clean code, participating in code reviews, and contributing to architectural decisions.

Our read on this posting3.6out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of The New York Times as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years of professional experience building native iOS applications in Swift
  • Expertise in Swift, Swift Concurrency, and modern iOS architectural patterns (e.g., MVVM, unidirectional data flow)
  • Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining shared libraries or SDK-style code consumed by multiple teams or applications
  • Experience working with analytics systems, event-driven architectures, or experimentation frameworks
  • Experience independently owning large technical initiatives from design through rollout

Nice to have

  • Experience building mobile platform tooling or internal SDKs
  • Familiarity with experimentation systems, feature flags, and A/B testing infrastructure
  • Experience optimizing startup time, memory footprint, and runtime performance
  • Knowledge of data governance, privacy considerations, and compliance requirements in mobile apps
  • Experience working in high-traffic consumer applications at scale

What you get

  • In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock
  • Medical, dental and vision benefits
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
  • Company-matching 401(k) plan
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid vacation

Worth weighing

  • Hybrid role requiring in-office presence 2+ days/week
  • No specific mention of the tech stack beyond iOS and Swift
  • Focus on data infrastructure may limit exposure to other areas of mobile development

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Listed by The New York Times on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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