Shilpa Kumar

Editorial lead of The New York Times Open (https://open.nytimes.com/), The New York Times technology blog, showcasing the technology profile at The Times and how we build digital news centric features and products

Define and drive editorial strategy for NYT Open, including content mix, voice, and publication roadmap to showcase the company’s technology work.
• Source and develop technical stories in partnership with engineering, product, data science, and design, identifying high impact work for external audiences
• Edit posts end to end from structural development to level clarity while preserving technical accuracy and each author’s voice
• Coach engineers and cross functional contributors through the writing process, co-writing pieces as required, strengthening drafts and building long term writing capability
• Manage the editorial calendar and coordinate publication timing with product launches, research releases, and company priorities
• Partner with design leadership to shape artwork and visuals, and overall presentation of technical content
• Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, communications, and marketing to align content with broader storytelling and distribution strategy

Current tech lead for CMS feature work to support editorial tooling to support content creation on article pages that power The New York Times. Past technical lead experience in The Times' comments moderation tools for the newsroom and for The Times' "100 Best Books/Movies" user interaction features.

• Led the development of The Times' internal Moderator application, a newsroom comment moderation tool, overseeing the delivery of significant features and system improvements.
• Architected and built a ProseMirror-based content block systems using TypeScript and React, integrating with The Times' CMS architecture for our Books and Movie reviews user facing editorial work.
• Developed and maintained software applications for digital publishing platforms, improving content delivery and user engagement at The Times.
• Developed and maintain software applications for digital publishing platforms at The Times.
• Conducted code reviews to enhance software quality and ensure adherence to standards.
• Mentored junior engineers on best practices and coding standards.
• Managed release process for frontend deployments, coordinating work streams, tagging releases, updating stakeholders, and ensuring smooth deployments.

• Built user experiences for Hearsay System’s clients, constructing responsive, dynamic, interactive front end themes in ReactJS and created clean HTML, CSS and Javascript deliverables for Engineering.
• Worked with designers to provide informed, technical opinions throughout the design process.