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 headquarter nestles in the tech hub of Mountain View, California, with other offices in New York City and Seattle. For more information, visit www.newsbreak.com/about

Responsibilities

Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services—from inception and design, through deployment, operation and refinement.
Build and manage systems, infrastructure and applications through automation
Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning and launch reviews
Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency and overall system health
Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity
Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems
Together with your engineering team, you will share an on-call rotation and be an escalation contact for service incidents

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

BS or MS with at least 8-10 years working experience focused on DevOps/SRE/Infra role within a technology company.
Experience programming in at least one of the following languages: C, C++, Java, Python, or Go.
Experience in infrastructure like AWS, Mongo, Mysql, Hadoop, Kubernetes
Deep knowledge of Linux internals, networking protocols such as TCP/IP, virtualization technologies such as Docker
Extensive experience in supporting production Internet services
Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective communication skills and a sense of drive

Benefits

We offer a 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

$190,000—$260,000 USD

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About NewsBreak

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

6 month growth

1 year growth

2 year growth