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Software Engineer, Backend - News Break

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Job Title
Software Engineer, Backend
Job Location
Mountain View, California, United States
Job Description

About NewsBreak

NewsBreak is the content intelligence platform shaping the future of local information. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information experiences powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech. 

We're proud to be a Great Place to Work®-certified company, home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.

If you’re a Dreamer, a Builder, an Innovator, we’d love to hear from you!

For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about

About the Role

As a backend engineer, you’ll be instrumental in establishing and maintaining the system infrastructure that drives the success of our billion-dollar business, ensuring its stability, scalability and high performance. Your work will boost the success of various projects and contribute to our continued growth and success.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain functional and stable server applications to meet our company’s needs.
  • Gather and address technical and design requirements.
  • Write clean code to develop functional backend service.
  • Troubleshoot and debug applications.
  • Perform UI tests to optimize performance.
  • Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications.
  • Collaborate with product team, data team, business team and  to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
  • Build reusable code and libraries for future use.

Requirements

  • Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science or relevant field with minimum 3 years of experience as a Back-end developer.
  • In-depth understanding of the entire web application process (design, development, and deployment).
  • Hands-on experience with programming languages Golang, Java, and Python.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and time management skills.
  • Teamwork skills with a humble, can-do attitude.

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
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
$147,000$221,000 USD

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News Break Headquarters Location

Knoxville, TN

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News Break Company Size

Between 10 - 50 employees

News Break Founded Year

2015

News Break Funding Rounds

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  • Series B

    $1,499,998 CNY