Software Engineer Intern, NewsBreak

Summer 2024

Salary not provided

$30—$45 USD per hour

Python

Java

C++

San Francisco Bay Area

1-5 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)

Local breaking news app

Job no longer available

Local breaking news app

201-500 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligencePublishingDigital MediaMedia

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

$30—$45 USD per hour

Python

Java

C++

San Francisco Bay Area

1-5 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)

201-500 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligencePublishingDigital MediaMedia

Company mission

To connect and empower local users, local content creators, and local businesses at scale, with the goal of helping people everywhere live safer, more vibrant, more truly connected lives.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD program in Computer Science or related fields. Must be in the last year of your program
Experience with software development processes
Strong programming skills in one of the major programming languages Python, Java, C++. etc
Experience in conducting research and data analysis
Strong communication, teamwork, and leadership skills

What the job involves

We are hiring interns for Summer 2024 across our Engineering department
This is a 10-12 week paid internship beginning in May/June, must be able to work on-site in our Mountain View, CA or Bellevue, WA office
Highlighted projects include:
1. AI Generated Ads project (Bellevue, WA):
Enhance the NewsBreak ads targeting by rendering ads to feed the predictive ML models
Develop an Ads Blocker tool with Selenium to improve ticket handling efficiency by applying your web automation skills
2. Content service project (Mountain View, CA):
Upgrade NewsBreak's publisher portal by designing and implementing the backend system with publisher onboarding, verification, payment and data management features
Build a scalable backend system from ground up to enable content ingestion and management of overall NewsBreak content system
3. MSP Monetization project (Mountain View, CA):
Explore and implement automation for Ads A/B test
Lead an exploratory project to conduct MSP Ads testing for all scenarios
4. Newsletter project (Mountain View, CA):
Develop an internal service tool from the ground up to automate the processing of Newsletter user subscriptions and streamline troubleshooting processes
Enhance Newsletter deliverability by implementing a fault-tolerant scheduler

Our take

News aggregation apps often focus on big global stories, but local news can easily get buried. NewsBreak exists to change this situation, using an AI-powered aggregator to connect readers with content creators who report on matters a little closer to home.

NewsBreak stands out with its focus on local news, which is beneficial for users who are looking for more relevant content than can be served by national and global publishers, and with smaller scale press companies which have been suffering financially for decades.

This focus seems to have paid off: NewsBreak has over 50 million users across the US and its app has topped the US Apple App Store and Google Play repeatedly. If uptake continues as it has to date, the company stands to grow substantially while helping reinvigorate a struggling and vital industry.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

10% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.1)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Jan 2021

$115m

SERIES C

Sep 2019

$14.8m

SERIES B

Total funding: $139.8m

Company benefits

Work from home opportunities
Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
Top-tier 401(K) plan with company matching
Paid time off and paid holidays
Paid parental leave
FSA and commuter benefit programs
Team activity budget

Company HQ

Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA

Leadership

Jeff Zheng

(CEO)

Having undertaken a PhD at the University at Buffalo, Jeff spent over 7 years at Yahoo!, prior to founding Yidianzixun, where he worked as CEO. He left this role in April 2015 to found NewsBreak, serving as CEO since.

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