The New York Times
Senior Engineering Manager, Games Mobile Apps
$185K–$215K
New York, NY · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of strategic leadership experience managing high-performing native mobile engineering teams.
About the job
Lead the engineering team building and maintaining The New York Times Games mobile platform across iOS and Android, shaping its technical strategy and delivery.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop iOS and Android engineers; set a multi-year mobile technical strategy.
- Partner with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver mobile products and reusable platform capabilities.
- Improve development practices and workflows, including integrating AI-assisted tools.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of strategic leadership managing high-performing native mobile engineering teams.
- Deep technical fluency building complex, high-performance iOS apps and ability to guide iOS and Android roadmaps.
- Ability to navigate technical ambiguity and drive clarity across long-term cross-functional initiatives.
- Knowledge of and enthusiasm for AI coding tools, especially for mobile development.
Nice to have
- Experience using AI tools to improve efficiency in complex mobile workflows.
- Experience partnering with web and backend engineers or building reusable capabilities for multiple native mobile teams.
Pay
$185,000 — $215,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Swift, Kotlin
AI focus
Modernize mobile development by integrating AI-assisted tools; the role calls for knowledge of AI coding tools and may use them to improve development workflow efficiency.
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