Remote Remote Tech Lead Engineer (Web scraping & Anti-bot)

Description:

• Infatica.io is a global provider of proxy and DaaS solutions, building a high-load web scraping platform that allows users to submit any URL and receive clean HTML or structured JSON output.
• The platform supports both cloud and on-premises deployment in client infrastructure, including Kubernetes.
• The company is seeking an experienced Tech Lead for the web scraping development team to lead the team, drive architectural decisions, and shape the future of the scraping infrastructure.
• Key responsibilities include architecture design, development leadership, anti-bot research and bypass, and DevOps/SRE tasks.
• Architecture design involves creating a high-parallel crawler, session management, anti-bot bypass, CAPTCHA solver, API, authorization, billing, quotas, monitoring, and infrastructure using microservices, Docker/K8s, CI/CD, and observability.
• Development leadership includes team building, establishing development and release processes, and overseeing code quality control and technical decisions.
• Anti-bot research focuses on browser and network-level fingerprinting and protection bypass for various systems.
• DevOps/SRE responsibilities include CI/CD setup, scaling configuration, and monitoring organization.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of engineering experience in high-load backend/data platforms.
• An excellent understanding of HTTP, TLS, HTTP/2, proxies, and browser stack (CDP, WebRTC) is required.
• Experience with async Python and Go (ideally both), Redis, queues, and message brokers is necessary.
• Advanced level knowledge of DevOps tools such as Kubernetes, Helm, Prometheus, and CI/CD is essential.
• Experience analyzing and bypassing bot protection systems is a strong plus.
• Candidates must be fluent in English, as all documentation and part of the team are English-speaking.
• Strong decision-making skills, mentoring abilities, and accountability for results are required.

Benefits:

• The position offers the opportunity to participate in developing the company's key product from scratch.
• There is high autonomy and influence on architecture and team decisions.
• A budget for conferences, courses, and work tools is provided.
• The compensation package is competitive.
• Remote work flexibility is available.