Hearst Television (HTV) is looking to improve reporting, speed up workflows, and expand coverage of local communities by developing newsroom tools and reader/viewer-facing experiences that harness generative AI and automation responsibly and creatively.
Requirements
- 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.
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.
Other
- The ideal candidate will have a journalism background and be passionate about Generative AI technology.
- This is a full-time, in-person role based in one of our HTV markets or at our corporate offices in Washington, DC or New York City.
- Strong problem solving and project management skills; ability to prioritize multiple projects and hit deadlines.
- Related military experience will be considered.
- This role collaborates closely with the Hearst Television AI Integration team and station newsrooms across our network.
