About NewsBreak
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
We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our Ads team, with a strong focus on scalability, efficiency, and cost optimization. You participate in design, build and optimize large-scale distributed systems that power our advertising platform and ML pipelines, ensuring performance and reliability while driving meaningful cost reductions across compute, storage, and network resources.
This is a highly impactful role where you will collaborate with Ads, Data, and Infrastructure teams to improve system efficiency, reduce infrastructure waste, and optimize ROI for one of the company’s most critical businesses.
- Design, implement, and optimize large-scale distributed systems for ads serving, bidding, ranking, and ML model training/inference.
- Analyze system performance and cost metrics to identify inefficiencies across compute, storage, and network usage.
- Develop frameworks, tools, and automation to improve infra utilization and reduce overall infrastructure costs.
- Partner with Ads, ML, and Data teams to ensure infra aligns with business growth while maintaining cost efficiency.
- Apply cutting-edge infrastructure and ML optimization techniques (e.g., caching strategies, quantization, distributed training optimization, autoscaling, scheduling).
- Drive cost-efficiency initiatives across cloud and on-premise infrastructure, balancing performance, latency, and budget constraints.
- Provide technical leadership in infrastructure optimization, system design, and best practices.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 3+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on infrastructure, distributed systems, or performance optimization.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (C++, Java, Go, Python).
- Strong background in systems design, performance profiling, and cost optimization.
- Experience with large-scale Ads/ML systems (e.g., ad serving, recommendation, ML training/inference pipelines).
- Solid understanding of cloud or data center resource management (compute, storage, network).
- 5+ years of experience in Ads Infrastructure, ML Infrastructure, or large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience with infrastructure cost reduction projects (e.g., autoscaling, quota management, compute efficiency).
- Familiarity with GPU/TPU optimization, model compression, or distributed ML training.
- Experience with high QPS, low-latency ad serving systems.
- Knowledge of big data ecosystems (Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Presto) and ML platforms (TensorFlow, PyTorch).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proven track record of driving efficiency improvements.
Benefits
We offer a competitive benefits package:
- 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 benefits programs
- Team activity budget
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What We Do
NewsBreak is the leading platform for local news and information, with more than 40 million users across America. By using new technology, NewsBreak provides community-focused news and information from over 10,000 sources in a timely and accessible way. NewsBreak is bridging the gap between new technology and traditional local media, offering an innovative digital solution that allows users to get the information they need to live safer, more vibrant, and connected lives.
Based in Mountain View, California, NewsBreak connects users with local information, national publishers, and targeted advertising from local businesses, with increased traffic and revenue that helps strengthen local communities.
We are always looking for great talents. Contact us via [email protected]
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