Jobs at Newsela
Newsela is a leading educational technology platform that delivers up-to-date news articles tailored for students and teachers. By leveraging AI to adjust reading levels and embedding analytics dashboards, the company has become a go-to tool for curriculum designers worldwide. Its focus on data‑driven instruction places it at the intersection of edtech and software innovation.
Roles at Newsela span software engineering, product management, data science, UX/UI design, marketing, sales, and operations. Engineers work on real‑time content recommendation engines and scalable cloud infrastructure. Product teams iterate on the adaptive learning experience, while data scientists mine usage metrics to improve student outcomes. Candidates can expect a hybrid work model, regular career development sessions, and a culture that rewards experimentation.
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News Copy Editor, Contributor
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 01, 2023
The role of a Copy Editor & Proofreader at Newsela involves proofing and editing Newsela content, ensuring correctness and adherence to style and quality guidelines. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in printed/written media companies, with a background in ELA, Social Studies, Science, and History disciplines. The role is compensated on a per-task basis and offers health & wellness benefits, work from home options, support for all families, time off, inclusive experiences, professional development, and the ability to make a difference in education.
Sales Development Representative
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 08, 2023
As a Sales Development Representative (SDR), you will work to support aggressive growth by researching, prospecting, and qualifying leads to build pipeline for Field Reps and the Customer Success Team. You will collaborate with the Sales organization, provide product demonstrations, and represent the future of education.
Senior Product Analyst
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 03, 2023
The Senior Product Analyst role involves partnering with stakeholders to support data-driven decision making, providing strategic insights, and owning key metrics. The role requires expert level stakeholder management, working closely with various teams, and compiling analytical insights to guide strategic decision-making.
Copywriter
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 15, 2023
Copywriter is responsible for storytelling and narrative building on Newsela.com and other assets. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Brand & Creative Services, the Copywriter will ensure voice and tone of content is in brand voice. Base compensation range: $70,000 - $80,000.
Content Leveler, Freelance
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 07, 2023
The role of a Content Leveler at Newsela involves adapting the reading level of original articles to create accessible content for diverse student readers. Successful candidates should have experience in editing, writing, and publishing, as well as familiarity with Newsela products and specific subject matter such as Science or Social Studies/ELA. The role is compensated on a per-task basis and offers benefits to full-time employees. Newsela is a company that takes authentic, real-world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction-ready for K-12 classrooms. They offer health and wellness benefits, work-from-home options, support for all families, flexible PTO, and inclusive experiences. The company values diversity, equity, and inclusion and offers professional development opportunities.
Learning Analytics Intern
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Feb 24, 2023
This internship opportunity with Newsela offers a chance to apply and develop technical and science communication skills in an industry setting. The role involves working closely with the Lead Research Analyst to build an understanding of and drive towards Newsela's educational effectiveness. The intern will leverage their statistical and data visualization expertise to develop reports showing the relationship between students' usage of Newsela and learning outcomes. The role is fully remote and can be part-time or full-time, with a total compensation of $35/hour. Newsela provides health and wellness benefits, work from home options, support for all families, time off, inclusive experiences, professional development, and the ability to make a difference in education.
Assessment Contributor, Spanish Language
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 07, 2023
The role of a Spanish Assessment Contributor at Newsela involves creating and designing Spanish-language assessments, writing professional content, and providing constructive feedback. The role is compensated on a per-task basis and offers benefits to full-time employees. Newsela is a platform that provides personalized, instruction-ready content for K-12 classrooms, with over 15,000 texts and multiple new texts published daily.
Staff Accountant
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 06, 2023
The job posting is for a Staff Accountant position at Newsela, a company that provides personalized educational content to K-12 classrooms. The role involves performing general accounting activities, preparing journal entries, and reconciliations. The company offers a collaborative work environment, opportunities for growth, and a range of benefits.
Curricular Solution Architect
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 06, 2023
The role of a Curricular Solution Architect at Newsela involves working with districts to provide engaging and aligned learning solutions, designing scalable systems, and aligning content sales strategy with Newsela's product strategy. The ideal candidate should have 3+ years of teaching experience, an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction or a related field, and experience designing quality instructional resources.
Unit Contributor, freelance
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Mar 02, 2023
Newsela is seeking Unit Contributors with experience in creating standards-aligned lessons, curating resources, and designing digital education content. The role involves tasks such as creating units, reviewing drafts, refreshing content collections, and supporting production processes. Newsela offers a per-task compensation model and benefits like healthcare, work-from-home flexibility, family support, time off, professional development, and opportunities to make a difference in education.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Feb 26, 2023
The Senior Site Reliability Engineer role at Newsela involves creating, maintaining, and monitoring key parts of the company's infrastructure stack using Terraform and Python. The role offers the opportunity to impact the student and teacher experience, gain exposure to various technologies, and manage and optimize SRE deliveries. The role requires 4+ years of experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering in a cloud environment using AWS. The role also involves building infrastructure solutions, working with databases, CI/CD pipelines, and observability solutions.
Assessment Associate (Bilingual, Spanish)
Company: Newsela
Location: Remote
Posted Feb 26, 2023
The role involves supporting the creation of engaging English- and Spanish-language assessments for Newsela content, collaborating with internal and external teams, conducting research and analysis, and helping develop assessment features for improved learning outcomes. The candidate should have 6 months of experience in the classroom or assessment production, be fluent in English and Spanish, and have knowledge of Common Core State Standards for ELA. The role offers base compensation ranging from $60,000 to $65,000, incentive stock options, and benefits.