Remote Scraping 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.
• The platform will allow users to submit any URL and receive clean HTML or structured JSON output, without concerns about proxies, CAPTCHAs, or anti-bot systems.
• The platform will support both cloud deployment and on-premises deployment in client infrastructure (on-prem, Kubernetes).
• The company is seeking an experienced Tech Lead for the web scraping development team to lead the team, become the technical leader of the platform, 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.

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.