Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer

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Senior Python engineer building reliable scraping and structured-data workflows for Mindrift’s Tendem AI project. Handling dynamic websites, validation, scaling, and automation.

Responsibilities:

  • Own end-to-end data extraction workflows across complex websites, ensuring complete coverage, accuracy, and reliable delivery of structured datasets
  • Leverage available tools and custom workflows to accelerate data collection, validation, and task execution while meeting defined requirements
  • Ensure reliable extraction from dynamic and interactive web sources, adapting approaches for JavaScript-rendered content and changing site behavior
  • Enforce data quality standards through validation checks, cross-source consistency controls, formatting specifications, and systematic verification before delivery
  • Scale scraping operations for large datasets using efficient batching or parallelization
  • Monitor failures and maintain stability against minor site structure changes
  • Apply web scraping, data extraction, and data processing expertise within the Tendem project
  • Use tools such as Apify, OpenRouter, and other technologies alongside technical expertise and custom approaches

Requirements:

  • At least 5+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, web scraping, automation, or software development (required)
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or related technical fields is a plus
  • Strong experience in Python web scraping, including BeautifulSoup, Selenium or similar, dynamic content, and APIs via proxies
  • Proven ability to extract data from complex structures, including hierarchies, archived pages, and inconsistent HTML
  • Solid background in data cleaning, normalization, and validation, delivering structured datasets in CSV, JSON, or Google Sheets
  • Demonstrated experience handling anti-bot mechanisms and dynamic site structures at scale
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS or equivalent and containerization with Docker
  • Hands-on experience with LLM frameworks such as LangChain, OpenRouter, or similar applied to automation tasks
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
  • Self-directed work ethic with ability to troubleshoot independently
  • English proficiency: Upper-intermediate (B2) or above (required)
  • A link to GitHub is a plus

Benefits:

  • Freelance opportunity
  • Part-time remote work
  • Estimated workload of 10–20 hours per week during active project phases