Role Overview
Newsbreak is hiring a mid-level Software Engineer, ML Infra. This is a full-time role in Mountain View, California. Part of Newsbreak's Lifecycle hiring. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.
Salary Context
Salary is not disclosed in this posting. Market median for Mid-level Lifecycle roles is $100k-$132k (based on 68 comparable listings). Many employers share specifics during the interview process or after an initial screen.
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Job description
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
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
- Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field with 5+ years of relevant experience, or MS/PhD in a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience
- Experience delivering production systems that support ML use cases (training or serving).
- Proven track record in building and maintaining large-scale distributed backend systems
- Proficient in Python, with a strong understanding of object-oriented languages such as C++ or Java
- Strong problem solving skills with good teamwork and communication skills
Preferred qualifications
- Experience leading cross-team projects from design through stable rollout.
- Experience iterating on ML models and shipping them to production.
Benefits
We offer 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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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I apply for the Software Engineer, ML Infra position at Newsbreak?
Use the Apply button above to submit your application directly to Newsbreak. Most applications take less than 5 minutes if your resume and contact details are ready, and you'll be routed to the employer's official application system to finish.
Where is the Software Engineer, ML Infra position at Newsbreak located?
This position is based in Mountain View, California. Newsbreak has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.
What does a Software Engineer, ML Infra at Newsbreak earn?
Newsbreak has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.
When was the Software Engineer, ML Infra role at Newsbreak posted?
This role was posted on April 22, 2026 (78 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.
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