Senior Backend Engineer

Company: News Break
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: February 19, 2021

Job Description:

About News BreakNews Break defines a new way for users to engage with local news. Since its founding in 2015, it has grown by leaps and bounds. We're the nation's largest intelligent local news platform!News Break is ranked the #1 news app on both iOS and Android with 12M+ daily active users and 25M+ monthly users (data source: App Annie).We're a Series-C startup headquartered at Mountain View, California.For more information, visit
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About the Role Responsibilities

• Build News Break's next-gen Media Platform: architect, design, and implement features for mission-critical media platform at massive scale with data-driven iteration.
• Lead the definition and implementation of content processing, management and delivery process of both User generated content and Platform generated content.
• Improve recommendation user experience by optimizing distributed backend services performance and focus on both scale and reliability.
• Collaborate with Machine Learning Experts to build infrastructures to support state-of-the-art Machine Learning systems including Ranking, NLP and Computer Vision.
  
  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
  • BS with 4 year+ working experience or MS with 2 year+ working experience in Computer Science or related fields.
  • Experience with software development processes including: source control, bug tracking and design documentation.
  • Proficiency in Java/C++, object-oriented programming, and component-oriented architecture.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
    • Industry experience in one of these fields: Recommendation, Search, Online Advertising and Content Management System.
    • Industry experience in building Large scale distributed backend systems.
    • Systematic data driven problem-solving approach, coupled with effective communication skills and a sense of drive.
      
      Benefits:---We provide a highly competitive compensation package including base salary, bonuses, and stock options. Benefits include great Medical, Dental and Vision. A flat organization and family-like culture makes this a perfect environment to make huge impact on our product and grow your skill set.

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