Hearst Newspapers · 3 months ago
Newsroom AI and Automation Engineer
300 West 57th Street, New York, NY, 10019, US
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$95K/yr - $100K/yr
2+ years expHearst Television is hiring a Newsroom AI and Automation Engineer to enhance their newsroom capabilities with generative AI technology. The role focuses on developing AI-powered tools and features to improve journalism quality and streamline workflows, while collaborating with various teams to ensure brand safety and trustworthiness.
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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
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 with LangSmith is a plus)
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
Familiarity, or willingness to meaningfully adopt, GenAI code-assisting tools (e.g. Cursor, Github Copilot)
Strong problem solving and project management skills; ability to prioritize multiple projects and hit deadlines
Related military experience will be considered
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 Newspapers
Hearst Newspapers is the division in charge of Hearst's newspapers, local digital marketing service businesses, and directories.
Founded in 1887New York, New York, USA
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Carson S.
HR Business Partner
Laura Wilson
Director Major Account Partnerships
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