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title: 'Senior Back End Engineer at Ground News'
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# Senior Back End Engineer at Ground News 

- **Company:** Ground News 
- **Location:** Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/groundnews/33169b5f-4abf-4bbc-86d2-cf2f571aaf11

## Job description

About Us: [Ground News](https://ground.news/) is a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias and break free from algorithms. In a world where political polarization and media distrust are at an all-time high, Ground News offers people a better way to stay informed and see every side of the story. Our mobile app, web app, and browser extension are home to a community of mindful readers who use our news comparison platform to engage with news beyond their filter bubble. Unlike most news companies, our values do not align with any specific political ideology. Unlike most tech platforms, we don’t rely on algorithms to keep users on our platform to sell more ads. We are supported by our readers who pay for a subscription to build a more nuanced understanding of the news, the world, and themselves.

The Opportunity: Senior Software Engineer As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be working on the core systems that make Ground News tick and ready to serve millions of readers. You'll sit with our backend chapter and work with out of the Core Experience pod. Reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will work closely with the engineering team to design, build, and operate the services that empower our users to see every side of the story. Our development team is fairly small, so you will represent a significant portion of the developing power behind the product. Your ideas and work will quickly and frequently become part of the product. This is a hands-on role where you’ll bring fresh ideas to a fast-growing consumer platform, balancing technical excellence with operational rigor. From designing and shipping backend services to improving observability, reliability, and performance, your work will directly impact how dependably people engage with the world’s news.

What You’ll Do:

- Rapid Ownership and Delivery: Quickly take ownership of customer-facing features and products, with an expectation to roll out new developments within weeks of joining.
- End-to-End Project Involvement: Engage in projects from conception and design to implementation and delivery, collaborating with stakeholders to refine solutions.
- Flexible Development Approach: Operate in an environment that values lean and agile methodologies, though not strictly adhering to any one framework.
- Cross-Department Collaboration: Work closely with team members from various departments, effectively communicating technical aspects to non-technical stakeholders and translating their needs into implementable solutions.

What You’ll Bring:

- At least 5 years of experience with TypeScript, including Async/Await syntax
- At least 3 years of experience with NodeJs
- At least 3 years of experience with Relational Databases (MySQL/Postgres ideally, but other RDs also good)
- Strong desire to learn and progress as a developer
- Ability to think critically and make informed decisions
- Knack for writing efficient and scalable code, and for recognizing bad patterns to avoid
- At least some of experience with ElasticSearch, Redis/Valkey or similar caching system
- A track record of shipping and scaling reliable services for a successful consumer product.
- Experience planning and executing rollouts safely, including monitoring stability and mitigating risk.

Why Work at Ground? Co-founded by a former NASA engineer and Bain consultant, a position with Ground News provides an unparalleled learning experience both personally and professionally. At Ground, we prioritize growth: both for our business and team members. You’ll have the freedom to work remotely and play a key role in the development of Ground News products. This is an opportunity to work with a growing and mighty team that is fighting every day to build a world where cooperative, civil debate is the norm, media is accountable, and critical thought is the baseline of our information consumption. Ground is based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, but this role is remote. Our culture is one of collaboration, creativity, and diverse perspectives. If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding accessibility needs, please contact talent@ground.news, and a member of our team will be happy to help.

## About Ground News 

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ground News is a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias, and break free from algorithms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funded by individual investors, no institutional venture capital)
- **Headquarters**: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- **Founded**: 2018 (public launch January 15, 2020)
- **Founders**: Harleen Kaur (CEO) and Sukh Singh (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Technology, Information and Media
- **Target customers**: B2C – readers, subscribers, and anyone seeking balanced news consumption
- **Mission**: “To well inform the world by empowering readers to think freely about the issues of our times.”

## Products & Services
- **[Ground News Platform]**: A news aggregator that processes ~60,000 articles daily from 50,000+ sources. Merges related stories and displays bias ratings (left/center/right), factuality scores, and ownership data for each outlet. Available as web app and mobile app.
- **[Media Bias Checker Browser Extension]**: A browser extension that works on social media and news sites, showing the bias breakdown of any article with one click.
- **[Premium Subscriptions]**: Paid tiers that unlock additional features (details not fully public; subscriptions are a key revenue source).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$150,000 USD** (Series A, August 2022), raised across four rounds (Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A) from a small group of mission-aligned individual investors
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No institutional investors; backed by individual investors with no ties to corporate media or big tech. Partners for bias and factuality data: AllSides, Ad Fontes Media, Media Bias Fact Check. Featured in Apple’s “New and Notable” showcase, reached #1 on Product Hunt, recommended by Tristan Harris (Center for Humane Technology), and recognized by Apple CEO Tim Cook.
- **Growth Signals**: 68 employees (+1.3% YoY), 10,505 LinkedIn followers (+41.7% yearly), operates in 11 countries, active job postings for Sponsorships Manager roles (indicating new revenue streams).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unique bias-comparison model**: No other major platform lets readers see how the same story is covered across the political spectrum with transparent rating methodologies.
- **Independence**: Not funded by media conglomerates, big tech, or government – allows unbiased curation and editorial freedom.
- **Human-centric hiring**: Every application is reviewed by a real person, not algorithms, reflecting the company’s commitment to thoughtful, deliberate processes.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Growing subscriber base, expanding sponsorship revenue (hiring Sponsorships Managers), and scaling the platform’s reach through education initiatives (Ground Education).
- **Direction for growth**: Deepening the product’s utility for free and paid users, potentially adding more international news sources and language support.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Remote-first – work from your province or state (location restrictions may apply); optional bi-weekly office meetups in Kitchener, Ontario.
- **Benefits**: 3 weeks paid vacation, 8 weeks paid parental leave, comprehensive health & wellness (medical, dental, vision), competitive pay, team retreats, and departmental gatherings.
- **Culture**: Values-driven team (“curious, smart, motivated by mission”). The hiring process includes a founder interview and, for technical roles, a code review or case study interview. Technical staff make up 32% of the team, with a Head of Engineering (Duncan McDowell) and a Head of Data & Analytics.
- **Employer rating**: 4.4/5.0 on LinkedIn (8 reviews) – culture rated 4.7, work-life 4.2, compensation 4.2.

## Sources
1. [ground.news/about](https://ground.news/about)
2. [ground.news/careers](https://ground.news/careers)
3. [ground.news/frequently-asked-questions](https://ground.news/frequently-asked-questions)
4. [LinkedIn – Ground News](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/groundnews)

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