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Sales Agent roles in the United States are accessible to international professionals through the J-1 visa Trainee or Intern program categories, depending on your career stage. Designated sponsors issue the DS-2019 form that makes sponsorship possible, while your host employer runs the day-to-day training program.
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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 Sales Agent
Match your program category before applying
Current students typically qualify for the J-1 Intern category, while recent graduates with at least one year of sales experience qualify for Trainee. Applying under the wrong category causes delays that most employers won't wait through.
Build a training plan around measurable sales outcomes
Designated sponsors require a structured Training or Internship Placement Plan. Frame your goals around specific sales skills like pipeline management, CRM use, and territory development rather than vague business exposure.
Target host employers with existing J-1 relationships
Use Migrate Mate to find Sales Agent roles at companies that have hosted J-1 exchange visitors before. Employers already familiar with DS-2019 requirements and sponsor compliance timelines move faster through the placement process.
Confirm the role is a training placement, not replacement labor
DOL and designated sponsors scrutinize sales roles to ensure the position is genuinely developmental. Your offer letter and training plan must describe skills you're acquiring, not just quota targets that fill an existing headcount gap.
Check whether the 2-year home residency requirement applies
If your home country's government funded your exchange program or your skills appear on the Exchange Visitor Skills List, you may need to return home for two years before changing status. Confirm this with your designated sponsor before accepting an offer.
Get your DS-2019 issued before negotiating a start date
The host employer can't set your start date until a designated sponsor like CIEE, Cultural Vistas, or AIPT issues the DS-2019. Build at least four to six weeks of sponsor processing time into your timeline before committing to an employer's onboarding schedule.
Sales Agent J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category fits a Sales Agent role?
The J-1 Trainee category applies if you've completed a degree or post-secondary education and have at least one year of sales-related work experience. If you're currently enrolled in a degree program and seeking structured field exposure, the J-1 Intern category applies instead. The designated sponsor, not the employer, determines which category you qualify for based on your background.
Who actually sponsors the J-1 visa for a Sales Agent position?
The visa sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, such as Cultural Vistas, CIEE, or AIPT, not the employer. The employer acts as your host organization and runs the training placement. The designated sponsor issues your DS-2019, approves the training plan, and monitors compliance throughout the program. Employers who haven't hosted J-1 exchange visitors before will need to establish a relationship with a sponsor organization before your placement can proceed.
Can a Sales Agent role qualify as a genuine J-1 training placement?
Yes, but the placement must be structured as skills development, not production work. Your training plan needs to document specific competencies you're building, such as consultative selling techniques, CRM platforms, territory analysis, or client negotiation. DOL and designated sponsors reject training plans that look like standard employment with quota pressure and no developmental structure.
How do I find Sales Agent roles where the employer already understands J-1 hosting requirements?
Search on Migrate Mate, which surfaces U.S. employer roles aligned with J-1 sponsorship pathways. Employers experienced with J-1 hosting know how to coordinate with designated sponsors, complete the training plan documentation, and work within the DS-2019 issuance timeline. That prior experience significantly reduces delays between offer and program start.
Does the 2-year home residency requirement affect Sales Agent exchange visitors?
It depends on your specific circumstances. The requirement applies if your home country's government funded your exchange, if your occupation appears on the Exchange Visitor Skills List, or if you participated in certain government-sponsored programs. If it applies, you must return home for two years before changing to most other U.S. nonimmigrant statuses or applying for a green card. Confirm your status with your designated sponsor before making career plans that depend on staying in the U.S. after the program ends.