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Hearst Television · 2 days ago

Newsroom AI and Automation Engineer

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$95K/yr - $100K/yr

2+ years exp

Hearst Television is a leading broadcasting company recognized for its distinguished journalism and innovation. They are seeking a Newsroom AI and Automation Engineer to develop tools that leverage generative AI to enhance newsroom operations and improve local journalism.

Broadcasting

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain AI-powered tools that help newsrooms produce high-quality local journalism and grow audience

Develop products and features using modern LLM APIs and open-source models, including chat/assistive tools, structured-data extraction from unstructured sources, summarization, translation, and RAG (retrieval augmented generation)

Integrate AI into existing newsroom workflows (CMS, planning, search, video, archives), minimizing repetitive tasks and speeding newsgathering

Engineer reliable prompts and system instructions; evaluate and fine tune outputs for accuracy, fairness, and clarity

Set up monitoring, logging, and analytics to evaluate tool quality, latency, and adoption; iterate quickly based on newsroom feedback

Partner with product, engineering, editorial, and standards/legal teams to design audience-facing features that are brand-safe and trustworthy

Qualification

PythonLLM implementationLLM APIsCloud platformsGit/GitHubHTML/CSS/JavaScriptGenAI toolsProblem solvingProject management

Required

2–3+ years of software development experience with strong proficiency in Python; working knowledge of Jupyter, NumPy, and pandas

Demonstrated experience implementing LLMs in newsroom-facing automation; familiarity with model capabilities and limitations

Experience with LLM APIs (e.g.OpenAI, Bedrock, Vertex, etc.) and modern AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain)

Experience designing prompts and evaluation strategies; comfort with guardrails, content policies, and bias/quality reviews

Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), serverless architectures, and containerized development/deployment (Docker)

Proficiency with Git/GitHub and modern development workflows

Working knowledge of HTML/CSS/JavaScript and integrating services via APIs; experience with web scraping

Strong problem solving and project management skills; ability to prioritize multiple projects and hit deadlines

This role collaborates closely with the Hearst Television AI Integration team and station newsrooms across our network

Preferred

Experience with LangSmith is a plus

Related military experience will be considered

Familiarity, or willingness to meaningfully adopt, GenAI code-assisting tools (e.g. Cursor, Github Copilot)

Benefits

Medical | Dental | Vision

401(k) matching

Emotional Wellness Support

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

LGBTQ+ Health Services

Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs

Company

Hearst Television

We’re ambitious. We’re smart. We want to be the best, to put our mark on every story we tell and every project we take on.

Founded in 1997

New York, New York, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.hearsttelevision.com

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