NewsBreak

AI Engineer, Agent Platform

NewsBreak · Mountain View, California, United States

Posted 18 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
18 days
NewsBreak's roles stay open a median of 44 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
15% of NewsBreak's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at NewsBreak
high
25 stale, 0 reposted of 55 open
Hiring momentum
61 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from NewsBreak's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for NewsBreak.

About this role

As an AI Engineer for the Agent Platform at NewsBreak, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the foundational layer that powers various AI products, including local-news synthesis agents and paid-growth agents. Your role involves designing evaluation and observability tools, managing context engineering, integrating new foundation models, and collaborating with product teams to rapidly develop new agent concepts.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of NewsBreak as an employer.

What you need

  • Demonstrable experience shipping an AI product with real users
  • Active, hands-on familiarity with modern AI development tooling
  • Ability to work end-to-end independently
  • Developed perspective on AI agent design
  • Strong proficiency in Python (or Go / Node) with solid backend engineering experience
  • Sufficient frontend capability (React or Next.js) to ship functional internal tools independently

Nice to have

  • Experience building or operating a multi-agent system in production
  • Hands-on experience with eval frameworks
  • A public artifact that reflects how you approach problems
  • Experience integrating LLMs with complex, real-world data

What you get

  • 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

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of team size or structure, which may affect collaboration dynamics
  • Role involves significant independence, which may not suit everyone
  • Base salary range provided, but pay may vary based on multiple factors
  • Preferred qualifications may not be essential for all candidates

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Listed by NewsBreak on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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