Local Intent Data Mining Expert

Mountain View Officefull timeOn Site

Apply on Employer Site

mid

$112k–$293k

H1B: no

Newsbreak Local Intent Data Mining Expert at NewsBreak builds systems to understand local consumer intent using query understanding, semantic search, and LLMs. The role involves shipping production models and designing intent taxonomies for local search and recommendations.

Responsibilities

Build query-understanding, user-intent classification, and semantic-search models for local consumer demand.
Design and grow intent taxonomies and interest graphs over local categories and merchants.
Ship LLM-powered features into production for search and recommendations at consumer scale.
Work with embeddings, retrieval, and NLU to connect messy consumer language to local supply.
Define metrics and run experiments that tie intent quality to downstream conversion.

Qualification

Hands-on with embeddingsAnnual Base Pay Range$112

Required

5+ years as an Applied Scientist or ML Engineer on query understanding, intent, semantic search, or NLU.
Production experience shipping models that serve real users — not purely offline or research work.
Hands-on with embeddings, semantic search, intent classification, taxonomy, or interest-graph construction.
Experience bringing LLMs into production systems.
Comfort working at consumer-internet data scale.

Preferred

Background at Google Search / Ads quality, Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, DoorDash, Instacart, Amazon Search/Alexa, or Apple.
Built a user-intent taxonomy or interest graph at a consumer internet company.
Consumer-intent or personalization work specifically at a local platform (DoorDash, Instacart).
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
$112,000—$293,000 USD
CPRA Privacy Notice for California Candidates

Benefits

Vision

Company

Newsbreak

View company page

Source: greenhouse

Active within the past hour

More roles at Newsbreak

GTM Manager

Mountain View Office

Ventures, General Management Rotation Program (AI Growth Architect)

Mountain View Office

Research Intern - Agent Reinforcement Learning Training

Mountain View, CA

Account Executive, E-commerce

Mountain View Office