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Ground News· HQ in Kitchener, Canada

Senior Data Engineer

Location: Remote - Canada · Category: Data, AI & Analytics · Seniority: Senior · Posted: September 23, 2026 · Verified: Oct 5, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This Senior Data Engineer role builds the analytical foundation for Ground News, designing scalable, conformed data models and analytical layers that serve experimentation and company KPIs. The role owns data connectors end-to-end, manages infrastructure as code across AWS and GCP using Kubernetes and OpenTofu, and ensures data reliability from ingestion to dashboard. The engineer partners with analysts, ML engineers, and product stakeholders to enable self-serve analytics across the organization.
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Ground News

ground.news

Bias-aware news aggregation and comparison platform for readers.

Headquarters: Kitchener, Canada

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