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Haystack News

Free ad-supported video news aggregator

Data Engineer

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/15/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Lima, Peru
In Person
Data & AnalyticsData Science, Data Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • Strong written and spoken English is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Math, Economics, or a related field is required.
  • At least 3 years of experience doing analytics in a professional setting is required.
  • Advanced SQL skills, including performance troubleshooting, are required.
  • Experience with data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift is required.
  • Proficiency in Python, including familiarity with Jupyter notebooks, is required.
  • A strong mathematics and statistics background, including statistical analysis experience on large data sets, is required.
Responsibilities
  • Analyze large data sets to gain insights using statistical analysis tools and techniques.
  • Collaborate with the Marketing, Editorial, and Engineering teams on dataset building, querying, and dashboard implementations.
  • Support data tooling improvement efforts and help increase company data literacy.
  • Work with the ML team on feature engineering and A/B testing for model building and improvement.
  • Design, test, and build highly scalable data management and monitoring systems.
  • Build high-performance algorithms, prototypes, and predictive models.
  • Travel to team offsite events.

About the company

Haystack News provides free, ad-supported streaming of local, national, and international video news. It aggregates news content from partners and offers live 24/7 channels plus on-demand clips, delivered through a personalized playlist that uses the viewer’s location and interests. The platform runs ads within streams to monetize, with a premium subscription available to remove ads. It works across many devices, including smart TVs, OTT boxes, and mobile apps, and includes features like an interactive Newsline ticker. Haystack News differentiates itself by securing local news coverage in over 90% of U.S. markets through partnerships with nearly 300 broadcast stations and by combining personalized, short-form clips with live feeds on an ad-supported model. Its goal is to give cord-cutters and other viewers easy access to a broad, personalized news experience without needing a traditional cable subscription.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$4.5M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2013

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What believers are saying

  • Google Play lists 30 million viewers, signaling meaningful consumer scale by September 2026.
  • Fox added LiveNow clips on January 29, 2026, deepening national-news breadth.
  • Premium launched by August 2026 with ad-free streaming, unlimited skips, and recommendations.

What critics are saying

  • Broadcast partners like CBS, Fox, and TEGNA can revoke feeds, crippling inventory overnight.
  • Free ad-supported news faces ruthless commoditization from Pluto, Tubi, YouTube, and station apps.
  • Premium stays only $4.99 monthly; weak pricing power limits margin expansion before 2027.

What makes Haystack News unique

  • Haystack News aggregates 400+ channels and local stations, including Fox LiveNow, January 2026.
  • It reaches smart TVs, mobile, web, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and Vizio.
  • Its personalization engine builds My Headlines from sources, topics, and places you choose.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

0%