Software Engineer, NewsBreak

Junior & New Grad

$120-145k

Java

C++

Junior and Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

4 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)

Local breaking news app

Open for applications

Local breaking news app

201-500 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligencePublishingDigital MediaMedia

Open for applications

$120-145k

Java

C++

Junior and Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

4 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

BS with 2 year+ working experience or MS in Computer Science or related fields
Experience with software development processes including: source control, bug tracking and design documentation
Proficiency in Java/C++, object-oriented programming, and component-oriented architecture

Desirable

Industry experience in one of these fields: Recommendation, Search, Online Advertising and Content Management System
Industry experience in building Large scale distributed backend systems
Systematic data driven problem-solving approach, coupled with effective communication skills and a sense of drive

What the job involves

Assist the architecting, designing, and implementing of features for various NewsBreak products at massive scale with data-driven iteration
Help with the definition and implementation of content processing, management and delivery process of both User generated content and Platform generated content
Improve recommendation user experience by optimizing distributed backend services performance and focus on both scale and reliability
Collaborate with Machine Learning Experts to build infrastructures to support state-of-the-art Machine Learning systems including Ranking, NLP and Computer Vision

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

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

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 values

Results matter
Growth mindset
Strive for excellence
Fight as one
User obsession
Strategic, long-term thinking

Company HQ

Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA

Articles

Local news app News Break raises $115M

News Break Raises $115 Million as Local Media Leadership Grows

What we lose when local news disappears

Report: Paytm Turning to Banks to Process UPI Transactions

NewsBreak Becomes the First App IAB Tech Lab Open Measurement Certified Using Prebid Integration

Antoine Maurice King Founder of Spate Media Joins Newsbreak as an Official Contributor

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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