NewsBreak
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation & AI Applications
Mountain View, California, United States · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$195k-$230kDetected 90 days ago
PythonJavaScalaMachine LearningPyTorchSparkLLMsA/B Testing
About the role
- Improve retrieval, ranking, and multi-objective optimization to balance engagement, retention, content quality, and business metrics.
- Identify and resolve issues related to data quality, model drift, and system performance in production.
- Apply LLMs and foundation models to recommendation-related problems such as content understanding, user intent modeling, and feature generation.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and iterate on high-throughput, low-latency recommendation systems powering NewsBreak's core feeds.
- Own systems from offline training → online inference → A/B experimentation → metric analysis.
- At NewsBreak, we design our overall rewards package to attract top talents.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of recommendation system fundamentals (ranking, embeddings, user/item modeling, experimentation)..
- Strong coding skills with Python / Java / Scala, and experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow..
- Experience working with large-scale data and ML systems (e.g., Spark, distributed training, real-time inference)..
Nice to have
- Experience contributing to 0 → 1 AI or ML-driven products. - Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and workflows.
Compensation
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is listed below.
- Annual Base Pay Range
- $195,000 - $230,000 USD
Benefits
- We offer a competitive benefits package:
- Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family (100% coverage for employee)
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- FSA, HSA 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
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