NewsBreak

Local Intent Data Mining Specialist

Mountain View, California, United States · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$112k-$293kDetected 23 days ago

Machine LearningLLMsResearch

About the role

This means query understanding, user-intent classification, semantic search, and the intent taxonomies and interest graphs that power discovery across local categories.
You will bring LLMs into production, not the lab, to make local search and recommendations genuinely understand consumer intent.

Build query-understanding, user-intent classification, and semantic-search models for local consumer demand.
Design and grow intent taxonomies and interest graphs over local categories and merchants.
You will build the systems that understand what local consumers actually want - turning raw queries, behavior, and context into structured intent.

5+ years as an Applied Scientist or ML Engineer on query understanding, intent, semantic search, or NLU.
Production experience shipping models that serve real users - not purely offline or research work.
Experience bringing LLMs into production systems.
Comfort working at consumer-internet data scale.

Background at Google Search / Ads quality, Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, DoorDash, Instacart, Amazon Search/Alexa, or Apple.
Built a user-intent taxonomy or interest graph at a consumer internet company.
Consumer-intent or personalization work specifically at a local platform (DoorDash, Instacart).
Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.

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
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