Software Engineer, ML Infra (Junior & New Grad)

Posted 3 Months Ago
Mountain View, CA, USA
In-Office
125K-175K Annually
Junior
Information Technology • Software
The Role
Build and maintain ML infrastructure for training, serving, and monitoring models for Ads and Recommendations. Improve training reliability and serving performance, own core ML infra components (pipelines, feature/embedding platform), address production issues, and collaborate with ML engineers to deliver robust model pipelines.
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About NewsBreak

Local life runs on local information. What happened down the street? Who can fix this? Where should we go tonight? NewsBreak started in 2015 to answer these questions, and today more than 40 million people a month rely on us to follow what’s going on in their zip code.

Three platforms with one vision: powering local life. Led by founder and CEO Jeff Zheng, NewsBreak is our local life and news platform; Nearby AI connects people with local businesses; and NDot AI helps publishers and creators grow and earn.

Building for the long term. A $115 million Series C made us a unicorn in 2021, and we keep investing in our people. We’re Great Place to Work® certified and named to Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators (2025) and Fortune’s Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™ (2026).

Everyone makes an impact. Whether you write code, shape products, tell our story, or run the business, we want people who own projects end to end, stay curious, and speak up. Join us.

Learn more at: NewsBreak, Nearby AI, NDot AI

About the role:

We’re hiring a Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer to help build the backbone that trains, serves, and monitors the models behind our Ads and Recommendations products. You’ll join a small, high-ownership team that ships platform improvements end-to-end—partnering with product and data teams, reducing latency and cost, and shortening the path from an idea to a safely launched model.

You’ll work across the ML lifecycle: making training faster and more reliable, improving model serving performance, and strengthening our feature/embedding platform so models stay fresh and consistent between offline and online use. We’re looking for someone who can take real ownership, finish what’s started, and raise the bar on stability and developer experience.

Why this role

  • Scope & impact: small team, big surface area—your work lands directly in production.
  • Ownership: from design to rollout to post-launch learnings; real autonomy with support.
  • Growth: visibility across the stack and a clear path to lead projects and mentor others.
  • Pragmatic culture: we optimize for outcomes over buzzwords, and we value clear thinking, and follow-through.

If you like building reliable systems that make ML teams move faster—and you enjoy turning complexity into simple, durable solutions—we’d love to talk.

Responsibilities
  • Design and develop machine learning infrastructure.
  • Own and enhance core components of the ML infrastructure, including systems for offline and online model training, model pipeline health monitoring, model serving, feature authoring, and feature serving.
  • Proactively address ML infrastructure issues that may impact production.
  • Collaborate with ML engineers to build robust model pipelines utilizing the ML infrastructure.
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with 2+ years of relevant work experience; or a Master’s/PhD in a related discipline.
  • Familiarity with software development processes, including version control, bug tracking, and design documentation.
  • Proficient in Python, with a strong understanding of object-oriented languages such as C++ or Java
  • Basic knowledge of Applied Machine Learning and experience with major Deep Learning frameworks, such as PyTorch and TensorFlow.

Preferred qualifications

  • Familiarity with cloud services such as AWS, GCP, Azure, and others.
  • Contributions to open-source machine learning or infrastructure tools.
  • A systematic, data-driven problem-solving approach combined with strong communication skills.
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
$125,000—$175,000 USD

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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field with 2+ years of relevant work experience; or a Master's/PhD in a related discipline.
  • Familiarity with software development processes, including version control, bug tracking, and design documentation.
  • Proficient in Python.
  • Strong understanding of object-oriented languages such as C++ or Java.
  • Basic knowledge of Applied Machine Learning and experience with major deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow.
  • Familiarity with cloud services such as AWS, GCP, Azure.
  • Contributions to open-source machine learning or infrastructure tools.
  • Systematic, data-driven problem-solving approach and strong communication skills.
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The Company
HQ: Mountain View, CA
346 Employees
Year Founded: 2015

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] Our website: https://www.newsbreak.com/about Creator Program: https://www.newsbreak.com/creators Publishing Platform: https://mp.newsbreakapp.com Android App Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.particlenews.newsbreak&hl=en iOS App Download: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/news-break-personal-local/id1132762804?mt=8

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