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NewsBreak

AI Engineer, Agent Platform

Mountain View, California, United StatesFrom $220kmidAdded 2 months ago

About this role

NewsBreak is seeking an AI Engineer to develop its agent platform, which supports next-generation AI products. This role involves building crucial infrastructure for AI agents that enhance local news and advertising functionalities, while working closely with a small, agile team.

What you'll do

  • Develop the agent runtime to manage context assembly and model routing
  • Design the eval and observability harness for agent performance tracking
  • Manage the context engineering layer for model interactions
  • Integrate and benchmark new AI models as they become available
  • Create user-facing tools for internal teams
  • Collaborate with product teams to launch new agent concepts swiftly

What they're looking for

  • Experience in shipping AI products
  • Familiarity with modern AI development tools
  • Ability to work independently across the project lifecycle
  • Knowledge of AI agent design principles
  • Strong coding proficiency in Python, Go, or Node
  • Frontend skills in React or Next.js
  • Product sensibility and user-focused mindset

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a unicorn startup
  • Innovative team culture recognized by Fast Company
  • Flexible work environment
  • Great Place to Work certified
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NewsBreak

NewsBreak operates a news and local marketplace platform serving 40M+ monthly active users, leveraging machine learning and data infrastructure to power recommendations, advertising, and matching between consumers and businesses. The company is hiring software engineers, ML engineers, and data specialists to build and optimize backend systems, ML infrastructure, recommendation engines, and algorithms that drive user engagement and monetization.

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