Software Engineer, NewsBreak

Reliability & Availability

$130-260k

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Java

Splunk

C++

ELK

Azure

Prometheus

MapReduce

Grafana

RDS

Adjust

Junior and Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

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

Local breaking news app

Be an early applicant

Local breaking news app

201-500 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligencePublishingDigital MediaMedia

Be an early applicant

$130-260k

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Java

Splunk

C++

ELK

Azure

Prometheus

MapReduce

Grafana

RDS

Adjust

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 or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with at least 2+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering roles
Strong programming experience in at least one of the following: C, C++, Java, Python, or Go
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), with a strong emphasis on AWS services (EKS, EMR, EC2, RDS, S3)
Deep understanding of Kubernetes (EKS) and containerized workloads, including scaling, monitoring, and failure recovery strategies
Strong experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana,) ,log management (ELK, CloudWatch, Splunk), distributed tracing and profiling solutions
Extensive experience supporting production Internet services, troubleshooting performance issues, and implementing high-availability strategies
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, with a systematic approach to incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement

What the job involves

As a Software Engineer in Reliability & Availability, you will be responsible for ensuring the stability, scalability, and resiliency of our cloud infrastructure and services
Working at the core of SRE, system performance, and availability management, you will design robust solutions to minimize downtime, optimize performance, and enhance system reliability
Your focus will be on AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes (EKS), and big data processing (EMR), implementing high availability, fault tolerance, and self-healing mechanisms for distributed systems
Through automation, proactive monitoring, and incident response, you will help maintain seamless operations across our cloud-native platforms
Ensure service reliability and availability by designing and implementing fault-tolerant architectures leveraging AWS, EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), and EMR (Elastic MapReduce)
Build, automate, and optimize infrastructure for high-performance, scalable, and resilient cloud services
Develop monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions to proactively detect and mitigate service degradation and performance bottlenecks
Improve service lifecycle management, from capacity planning and launch reviews to post-incident analysis and continuous optimization
Enhance auto-scaling mechanisms to dynamically adjust resources and maintain system stability under varying workloads
Drive automation using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines to minimize manual intervention and improve service resilience
Engage in on-call rotations, manage incidents, conduct blameless postmortems, and drive long-term reliability improvements

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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