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. About the Role The Community team at The New York Times is looking for a collaborative frontend software engineer with an interest in working at the forefront of news, a desire to shape meaningful experiences for our readers and directly supporting the mission of The Times. You will report to the Community Engineering Manager within the Storytelling organization and join a team of engineers, designers, and product managers to create destinations for reporters to engage with readers, as we work towards enhancing our comments infrastructure into a comments platform for the entire NYT bundle. You'll use your engineering expertise to build web-based reader facing experiences that are performant and accessible; guide improvements in our moderation tooling to ensure our moderators can follow commenting standards; help level up engineering standards to turn a collection of services into a single community platform for the entire NYT bundle; and collaborate with community backend engineers in building reliable services which integrate with web and mobile surfaces.