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Insurance Agent roles in the United States are accessible to international professionals through the J-1 visa Trainee or Intern program category, depending on your career stage. Designated sponsors issue the DS-2019 and oversee compliance while your host employer handles the actual work. Use Migrate Mate to find U.S. host employers open to J-1 visa sponsorship in insurance and financial services.
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Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.
Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.
Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence.
If you’re inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you!
About the Role
We are looking for a Research Intern to join our Agent RL Training team. You will be paired with a full-time employee as your mentor, working together to explore, from zero to one, how to apply large language models to NewsBreak’s core business, including content understanding, recommendation, agentic web browsing, and autonomous multi-step task completion.
This is a hands-on research role. You are expected to independently drive experiments, propose novel ideas, and iterate quickly. We value self-starters with deep intellectual curiosity and the drive to push boundaries in LLM post-training and agent capabilities.
Location: Onsite in Mountain View, CA office
What You’ll Work On
- Collaborate with your full-time mentor to identify high-impact research directions for applying LLMs to NewsBreak’s products
- Independently run end-to-end SFT experiments on LLM-based agents, and assist with RL-related exploration such as reward design and training iteration
- Curate and build high-quality training datasets: instruction-following, preference pairs, agent trajectories, and synthetic data
- Contribute to public publications; we encourage and support top-venue submissions during your internship
What We’re Looking For
Requirements
- Highly motivated and committed: willing to put in extra hours when needed to push projects across the finish line
- Genuine passion for research: you read papers for fun, tinker with models on weekends, and care deeply about advancing the field
- Independently capable of end-to-end model SFT: with basic understanding of RL-based post-training methods (RLHF, DPO, PPO, GRPO, etc.)
- Excellent taste in model behavior: able to reason about what “good” looks like across user-facing domains and articulate why
- Strong Python and PyTorch skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Publication at a top-tier venue (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, or equivalent)
- Experience with multi-node distributed training (FSDP, DeepSpeed, Megatron-LM)
- Proficiency in writing custom GPU kernels with Triton or CUDA
- Experience building synthetic data pipelines for agent training
- Familiarity with open-source RL frameworks: TRL, OpenRLHF, veRL/vLLM
Hourly Pay: $35- $50
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
$35 — $50 USD
About NewsBreak
Founded in 2015, NewsBreak is the Content Intelligence platform shaping the future content economy. With over 40 million monthly active users, our flagship platform delivers highly personalized local news and information powered by advanced AI, recommendation systems, and adtech.
Recognized by Fast Company as #32 on the Top Workplaces for Innovators, we're proud to be Great Place to Work® certified and home to a dynamic team of technologists, product innovators, and business leaders who are passionate about solving meaningful challenges at scale.
Together, we reached unicorn status in 2021, and we remain committed to continuing this high-growth trajectory with the right team to fulfill our mission: building the infrastructure layer for content intelligence.
If you’re inspired to dream big, innovate fast, and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you!
About the Role
We are looking for a Research Intern to join our Agent RL Training team. You will be paired with a full-time employee as your mentor, working together to explore, from zero to one, how to apply large language models to NewsBreak’s core business, including content understanding, recommendation, agentic web browsing, and autonomous multi-step task completion.
This is a hands-on research role. You are expected to independently drive experiments, propose novel ideas, and iterate quickly. We value self-starters with deep intellectual curiosity and the drive to push boundaries in LLM post-training and agent capabilities.
Location: Onsite in Mountain View, CA office
What You’ll Work On
- Collaborate with your full-time mentor to identify high-impact research directions for applying LLMs to NewsBreak’s products
- Independently run end-to-end SFT experiments on LLM-based agents, and assist with RL-related exploration such as reward design and training iteration
- Curate and build high-quality training datasets: instruction-following, preference pairs, agent trajectories, and synthetic data
- Contribute to public publications; we encourage and support top-venue submissions during your internship
What We’re Looking For
Requirements
- Highly motivated and committed: willing to put in extra hours when needed to push projects across the finish line
- Genuine passion for research: you read papers for fun, tinker with models on weekends, and care deeply about advancing the field
- Independently capable of end-to-end model SFT: with basic understanding of RL-based post-training methods (RLHF, DPO, PPO, GRPO, etc.)
- Excellent taste in model behavior: able to reason about what “good” looks like across user-facing domains and articulate why
- Strong Python and PyTorch skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Publication at a top-tier venue (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, or equivalent)
- Experience with multi-node distributed training (FSDP, DeepSpeed, Megatron-LM)
- Proficiency in writing custom GPU kernels with Triton or CUDA
- Experience building synthetic data pipelines for agent training
- Familiarity with open-source RL frameworks: TRL, OpenRLHF, veRL/vLLM
Hourly Pay: $35- $50
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
$35 — $50 USD
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship in Insurance Agent
Match your documents to specialty occupation standards
Pull your O*NET profile for Insurance Agent before applications open. Designated sponsors review training plans against the occupation's defined tasks, so aligning your credentials to that profile strengthens your DS-2019 approval.
Identify host employers with licensing infrastructure
Insurance Agents must hold a state license to sell policies, and that licensing process takes weeks. Target host employers who already sponsor non-citizen staff and have compliance teams equipped to navigate state licensing requirements alongside your J-1 timeline.
Use Migrate Mate to filter J-1 compatible roles
Search Migrate Mate for Insurance Agent positions at U.S. employers who have hosted exchange visitors before. Filtering by sponsorship history saves time by surfacing host organizations already familiar with DS-2019 obligations and training plan requirements.
Clarify the home residency requirement upfront
Some J-1 Trainee programs in finance-related fields trigger a two-year home residency requirement after your exchange ends. Confirm with your designated sponsor whether your specific program and funding source carry this obligation before signing any host employer offer.
Negotiate a training plan that mirrors real licensing milestones
Your designated sponsor requires a detailed training plan before issuing the DS-2019. Structure it around measurable milestones tied to state exam preparation, client acquisition skills, and product knowledge so the plan reads as substantive training, not general employment.
Confirm host employer participation in E-Verify
E-Verify participation is required for certain J-1 host employers depending on program category and federal contracting status. Ask your prospective host directly whether they are enrolled, because gaps in work authorization verification can delay your start date.
Insurance Agent J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category fits an Insurance Agent role?
The J-1 Trainee category fits most Insurance Agent candidates who have completed a degree and have some professional experience. If you are currently enrolled in a university program, the Intern category applies instead. The Trainee program allows up to 18 months in the United States and requires a structured training plan covering specific insurance skills approved by your designated sponsor.
Who actually sponsors the J-1 visa for an Insurance Agent position?
The visa sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, such as Cultural Vistas or AIPT, not your employer. The designated sponsor issues your DS-2019, reviews your training plan, and monitors compliance throughout your program. Your host employer, the insurance company or agency, provides the work setting but is not the legal sponsor and does not petition USCIS directly the way an H-1B visa employer would.
Does an Insurance Agent on a J-1 visa need a state insurance license?
Yes. Selling or soliciting insurance in any U.S. state requires a state-issued license, regardless of your visa status. The licensing process involves pre-licensing coursework, a state exam, and a background check, which can take four to eight weeks. Confirm before accepting a host employer offer that they will support you through this process within your J-1 program timeline.
How do I find U.S. employers open to hosting J-1 Insurance Agent trainees?
Migrate Mate lets you search for Insurance Agent roles at U.S. employers who have worked with international professionals before. Because J-1 host employers must commit to a training plan and designated sponsor oversight, narrowing your search to organizations already familiar with that process significantly improves your chances of a successful placement.
Can I switch host employers in the middle of my J-1 Trainee program?
Changing host employers mid-program requires your designated sponsor to approve an amended DS-2019 and a revised training plan reflecting the new employer. The switch is not automatic, and there is no guarantee the sponsor will approve it. If the original training objectives cannot be met at the new host, your program may be terminated, which affects your authorized stay in the United States.