Senior QA Engineer

**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.**

Times journalism is in amazing form, and audiences trust our authoritative coverage. Our talented business-side colleagues help serve our reporting and products to more than nine million subscribers across multiple platforms.

To continue supporting our strategy of creating journalism that stands apart, along with innovative products and services to bring the news to the world, we must recruit the finest journalists and hire many of the field’s most creative and distinguished people. That starts from within.

Employing more people at all levels of the organization who bring different perspectives will make our journalism more insightful, relevant and urgent.

We are committed to nurturing talent and investing in our own employees before recruiting from the outside. So if you see a job opening here that might be a right fit for you, we encourage you to apply.

About the Role, Mission or Department Overview

The New York Times is looking for a Senior QA Engineer to join our Games team. You will be at the heart of our mission to deliver immersive, world-class gaming experiences. You will lead our offshore QA partners, refine manual testing processes, and architect automation frameworks that ensure the quality of our diverse games suite.

As a senior member of the team, you will advocate for a "shift-left" testing philosophy - collaborating with Product, Design, and Engineering from the initial creative phase through the entire development lifecycle. You'll join a culture that values transparency, diversity, and learning.

You’ll help evolve our QA practices by building automated test suites with Playwright for web and developing mobile automation frameworks using XCUITest and Espresso. In addition to hands-on development, you’ll guide offshore manual testing and help shape long-term quality strategies to ensure our gaming platform remains reliable and scalable.

You will report to the Senior QA Manager.

Responsibilities:

- Architect and build a comprehensive testing strategy that balances manual oversight of offshore teams with the development of scalable automation.
- Develop automated test suites using Playwright for web and XCUITest/Espresso for mobile apps.
- Partner early with Product, Design, and Engineering to identify potential issues during the requirements and design phases, ensuring you bake quality in from the start.
- Be an primary contact for our offshore QA crew, providing technical guidance, reviewing test plans, and ensuring high-quality execution.
- Identify bottlenecks in the development lifecycle and implement process improvements to increase release velocity without sacrificing quality.
- Work within an Agile environment to provide clear, relevant feedback and bug reports, participating in code reviews and sprint planning.
- 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.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering, with at least 2 years in a Senior or Lead capacity.
• Experience building and scaling test frameworks using Playwright (or equivalent experience with Cypress or Selenium).
• Hands-on experience with native mobile automation tools, specifically XCUITest (iOS) and Espresso (Android).
• Command of at least one modern programming language (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift or Kotlin).
• Experience with exploratory testing, regression testing, and test case management.
• Experience collaborating and communicating with and distributed teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience testing mobile or web-based games, including familiarity with multi-player games and UI/UX consistency.
• Experience integrating automated tests into deployment pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Drone, or Terraform).
• Familiarity with tools like k6, JMeter, or Postman to test backend reliability and load capacity.
• Experience with cloud-based testing platforms like BrowserStack or Sauce Labs.
• A interest in the evolving AI landscape, with an eagerness to pilot and implement AI-assisted tools that our development and testing processes.
• A growth-oriented mindset: You embrace technical challenges, learn from mistakes, and are eager to share your findings to help the whole team level up.

This is a hybrid remote/in-office role based in our New York headquarters.

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The annual base pay range for this role is between:

$109,000 - $130,000 USD