Machine Learning Engineer, NewsBreak
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$125-260k
4+ days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
Local breaking news app
Open for applications
Local breaking news app
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$125-260k
4+ days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
201-500 employees
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.
Role
Who you are
- Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field
- Minimum of 3 years’ industry experience in development, with in-depth knowledge of machine learning technologies (with a focus on recommendation system)
- Strong understanding of machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and tools for data processing (e.g., Apache Spark)
- A strong passion for emerging technologies and a proven track record in analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication, teamwork, and project management skills are highly valued
- Resilience and determination to elevate our business to new heights
What the job involves
- As a Machine Learning Engineer specializing in recommendation systems, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and enhancing our personalized content delivery platform
- Your focus will be on developing and optimizing the machine learning components that power the core of our recommendation system, especially on modeling, feature engineering, data pipeline and business metric optimization, ultimately driving user engagement and satisfaction
- User Behavior Modeling:
- Innovate and advance recommendation models based on user interactions to improve user experience
- Utilize machine learning algorithms to analyze and predict user preferences, engagement patterns, and content consumption behaviors, incorporating cross-platform data for comprehensive insights
- Optimize and fine-tune algorithms for improved accuracy, relevance, and user experience
- Proactively identify and address any issues related to data quality, model drift, or system performance
- Data Pipeline Development:
- Design, implement, and optimize robust and scalable data pipelines to collect, process, and store large volumes of user behavior data
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of data pipelines with existing systems and databases
- Feature Engineering:
- Develop and implement innovative feature engineering techniques to extract meaningful insights from raw data
- Work closely with data scientists and other engineering teams to identify and create relevant features that improve the performance of our recommendation models
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.
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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
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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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