# Machine Learning Engineer, Local Search & Marketplace at News Break

- Company: News Break
- What the company does: NewsBreak is the best local source for news, videos, and information on safety, accidents, sports, business, celebrity updates, stock market trends, and more.
- Company website: https://www.newsbreak.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $190K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/newsbreak/jobs/4699218006
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/news-break-machine-learning-engineer-local-search-and-marketplace/

## About the role

We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to build intelligent systems that connect consumers with relevant local information, businesses, and services. You will work across areas such as search, recommendation, ranking, retrieval, user-intent understanding, personalization, and marketplace matching. Depending on your background and interests, you may focus on understanding consumer demand, improving search and recommendation relevance, or building models that more effectively match users with local supply.

## What they're looking for

- Experience building machine learning, data mining, search, recommendation, ranking, NLP, or related systems through academic projects, internships, or industry work
- Strong programming skills in Python, Java, C++, or another relevant language
- Solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, and statistical analysis
- Experience with one or more of the following:
- Recommendation or personalization
- Query understanding, intent classification, or NLP

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