Full-Stack Engineer, NewsBreak

Frontend-Focused - AI Agent

$145-175k

React

TypeScript

React Native

JavaScript

Python

Redis

iOS

Node.js

Android

Postgres

Kotlin

Swift

MySQL

Next.js

Flutter

REST API

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

5 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

$145-175k

React

TypeScript

React Native

JavaScript

Python

Redis

iOS

Node.js

Android

Postgres

Kotlin

Swift

MySQL

Next.js

Flutter

REST API

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

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

3+ years of frontend or full-stack experience, or a strong academic background from a top university
Deep expertise in JavaScript / TypeScript / React / Next.js and modern web architecture
Working knowledge of backend development (Python / Node.js, RESTful APIs, Postgres / MySQL / Redis)
Strong interest in AI / LLM products, with familiarity in RAG, prompt engineering, or agent frameworks
Excellent product sense and UX intuition, balancing design, performance, and engineering trade-offs
Comfort working in a dynamic, startup-like environment with shifting priorities

Desirable

Experience building or launching AI Agents or intelligent web products
Deep understanding of frontend performance, animation, or data visualization
Hands-on experience with Android / iOS development (React Native, Flutter, Swift, or Kotlin)
Experience shipping 0→1 products in small, agile teams

What the job involves

We’re looking for a Full-Stack Engineer (Frontend-Focused) who is passionate about AI products, design, and user experience
This role emphasizes frontend development while also involving backend and model integration to deliver seamless, intelligent user experiences
Lead the frontend architecture and development (React / Next.js)
Collaborate with designers and PMs to create intuitive, high-quality user experiences
Contribute to backend API design and integrate AI model services
Optimize performance, interactivity, and scalability
Work with AI and backend teams to rapidly prototype and iterate on new features

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. What's more, it was voted one of the world's Best Workplaces for Innovators by Fast Company in 2025. If uptake and laurels continue, 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 (4.4)

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

(Founder & 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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