Description:

The company is a startup-like organization operating in the proxy and web scraping industry for over 9 years.
They prioritize collaboration and adaptability in a dynamic work environment.
The role focuses on engineering creative solutions for extracting data from sophisticated websites at a massive scale, handling millions of requests per hour.
The Senior Web Scraping Developer will be part of a talented engineering team consisting of 7 members, including a Team Lead, 2 developers, 1 QA, 2 DevOps, and the Head of Engineering.
The primary responsibilities include researching and designing scalable scraping solutions, developing and optimizing robust scrapers, integrating them into existing systems, and ensuring efficient data collection against evolving detection mechanisms.

Requirements:

Candidates must have 3+ years of strong JavaScript experience in browser environments, including building extensions, intercepting events, and advanced DOM manipulation.
A minimum of 3 years of experience with Python for scraping is required.
Candidates should have at least 2 years of experience with mobile application reverse engineering.
Experience in web scraping using tools like Puppeteer, Playwright, or similar is necessary.
An understanding of detection mechanisms such as fingerprinting and rate limiting is essential.
Experience with proxy rotation and session management to enhance scraping success rates is required.
Familiarity with Node.js in backend development is a plus.
A problem-solving mindset and the ability to think outside the box are crucial.
Candidates must have a communicative level of English (B2) and be located in the Central European Time (CET) zone or nearby.