The New York Times

Engineering Manager, Community

New York, NY

Sponsorship not specified$152k-$190kDetected 1 day ago

GoReactNode.jsBackend DevelopmentAWSCloud PlatformsDevOpsIncident ResponseRoadmappingCollaboration

About the role

This team is responsible for the end‑to‑end experience of our reader participation features, including commenting, conversations and other forms of reader engagement on web and native apps.
Additionally, you will uphold our standards for trust, safety, and performance.
You will join an organization that values empathy, collaboration, transparency and diversity.

Lead a cross‑platform team of engineers working across backend services, web and native clients that power comments, conversations and other reader engagement experiences.
Oversee the development of high‑availability backend services alongside the internal tools and UIs that moderators, editors and product teams use to manage reader participation.
Partner with Product, Design and Data counterparts to prioritize investments that balance immediate operational needs (for example, moderation and safety) with longer‑term platform modernization and experimentation.
As an Engineering Manager, you will not just maintain a set of services.
To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process.

2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager leading high‑functioning engineering teams.
Experience managing cross‑disciplinary engineers (for example, backend, web, native or DevOps) and overseeing mission‑critical production operations for user‑facing systems.
You will shape the team and the technology required to support new participation models.
The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.

Experience applying AI‑assisted or agentic workflows in engineering, such as AI‑augmented moderation, analytics or developer tooling for Community systems.
Experience with user‑generated content platforms, commenting systems or moderation pipelines in Community or Trust & Safety domains.
Experience with modern web and app stacks includes React and Node.js, Golang, and/or native mobile frameworks.
Additionally, it involves cloud platforms, such as AWS or GCP.
This experience also encompasses event-driven architectures and observability tooling.
We're excited to learn more about you and your experience.
If you're an Engineering candidate, we'll let you know what specific GenAI tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.
The New York Times Company is committed to being the world's best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism.

For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock.
$152,000 - $190,000 USD

For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.

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.
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.

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Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com.
Emails sent for unrelated issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
The Company encourages those with criminal histories to apply, and will consider their applications in a manner consistent with applicable "Fair Chance" laws, including but not limited to the NYC Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.

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