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Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.

Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.

Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence.

If you’re inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you! For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about

OverviewWe are looking for a founding venture engineer to drive the technical validation and build-out of new ventures within our partnership and venture portfolio.Responsibilities

Rapid Prototyping (0-to-1): Own the initial technical roadmap. You’ll build the "Version 0" of a startup's backend, ensuring it’s scrappy enough to launch but structured enough to scale once the venture spins out
Rapid design and prototyping, build functional MVPs in weeks, not months, to test business hypotheses and user demand
Architect the end-to-end flow for recommendation systems—from data ingestion and feature engineering to real-time model inference and feedback loops
Build the "connective tissue" between LLMs, vector databases, and traditional relational stores to create stateful, intelligent applications
Build and deploy scalable discovery algorithms and feedback loops that personalize the user experience from day one

You might thrive in this role if you have:

Computer Science and Engineering (undergraduate, masters or PhD) from top tier University
At least 3+ years of software engineering, ML engineering experience
Deep knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, and API design
Proven experience building recommendation engines, search infrastructures, or large-scale data pipelines
Excellent cross-functional communication and a customer first mentality
Founder’s mindset, builder’s mentality and strong problem-solving skills

Bonus

Founder experience
Passion for innovative technologies and artificial intelligence, with a strong pulse on key trends, themes and players

The US base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. Pay may vary based on a number of factors including job-related skills, level, experience, geographic location and relevant education or training. At NewsBreak, we design our overall rewards package to attract top talents. Depending on the position, the role may also be eligible for discretionary bonus and options. Your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process.Annual Base Pay Range$150,000—$250,000 USD

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