NewsBreak
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation & AI Platform
Mountain View, California, United States · Staff+ · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$230k-$300kDetected 91 days ago
Machine LearningLLMsA/B TestingLeadershipMentoring
About the role
- Champion AI-native development practices, including LLM-assisted coding, experimentation, and analysis.
- Help establish standards and shared tooling for AI-driven engineering.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design of next-generation recommendation system architectures at scale.
- Drive best practices for model lifecycle management, experimentation, and system reliability.
- Partner with product, infra, and data teams to align technical strategy with business goals.
- Own complex initiatives across retrieval, ranking, re-ranking, and multi-objective optimization.
- At NewsBreak, we design our overall rewards package to attract top talents.
Nice to have
- Experience leading 0 → 1 AI platform or product initiatives. - Passion for improving engineering velocity through AI-assisted development workflows.
Skills
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and guide their adoption into production systems.
Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is listed below.
- Annual Base Pay Range
- $230,000 - $300,000 USD
Benefits
- We offer a competitive benefits package:
- Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- FSA and commuter benefits programs
- Depending on the position, the role may also be eligible for discretionary bonus and options.
- Pay may vary based on a number of factors including job-related skills, level, experience, geographic location and relevant education or training.
Company info
- About NewsBreak
- Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy.
- With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.
- Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.
- Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence.
- If you're inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you!
- For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about
- We are seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to provide technical leadership for our recommendation systems and AI initiatives.
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