Software Engineer, Data Infra Mountain View, California, United States

Mountain View, California, United States

About NewsBreak

NewsBreak is redefining the way users interact with local news and their communities. By bridging local users, local content creators, and local businesses, our mission is to foster safer, more vibrant, and authentically connected lives. Through robust collaborations with thousands of local publishers and businesses across the nation, NewsBreak is revolutionizing how a new wave of readers access and engage with essential, locally sourced content & information.

Since our inception in 2015, our trajectory has been nothing short of remarkable. We proudly stand as the nation’s premier local news app.

As a Series-C unicorn startup, our headquarters nestles in the tech hub of Mountain View, California, with other offices in New York City and Seattle. For more information, visit

About the Role

We are offering a unique opportunity for you to help shape the future of NewsBreak.

The ideal candidate is expected to work on the data infrastructure and enable company growth by executing actionable milestones, with the help and guidance from industry-leading experts. This experience can be career-changing for you as you join NewsBreak during this hyper-growth period.

Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain and optimize data pipelines, architectures and data sets.
• Bring your expertise to help model structured & unstructured data. Own these data models and be a data POC across teams.
• Collaborate with data scientists and platform engineers to understand data needs and drive key data infrastructure decisions across application teams.
• Be a team player and a mentor with strong communication skills.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field.
• 3+ years of experience in a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment is preferred.
• Experience with databases and data infrastructure, either from work or school projects.
• Experience in big-data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Presto, Kafka, Flink.
• Experience improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of system resources.
• Experience working in a cloud environment, preferably AWS.

We offer a competitive benefits package:

• Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family (100% coverage for employee)
• Top-tier 401(K) plan with company matching
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• FSA, HSA and commuter benefits programs
• Team activity budget