DALTIX - Retail Data that Works is hiring a
Senior Tech Lead

Summary

The job is for a Senior Tech Lead to lead the evolution of Daltix's core web scraping and data collection platform, guide a team, and drive technical solutions in a fully remote role within Europe.

Requirements

• 5+ years of senior professional experience in large-scale web scraping with JavaScript, Node.js, Puppeteer and Playwright
• 2-3 years of modern Python experience, or equivalent experience in SQL
• Professional experience reverse engineering Android apps and their APIs
• Deep knowledge of how modern websites work and are built (SPAs, GraphQL, Ajax, Service Workers, headers, cookies, JWTs, websockets, caching etc.)
• Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, TLS, HTTP/2, QUIC, DNS, WAF, web browser internals, OAuth flows, networking and security principles, including hands-on experience with MITM traffic interception
• Seasoned knowledge and strong experience in bypassing leading anti-bot systems (Cloudflare, Akamai, Imperva, PerimeterX, Datadome etc.)
• Experience in evaluating, integrating, and negotiating partnerships with third party proxy providers
• 3+ years of senior-level SRE/DevSecOps/Platform Engineering/Sysadmin or similar experience, ideally on AWS; exposure to Kubernetes environments, IaC, large scale job orchestration and GitOps workflows a strong plus
• Experience running on-call teams that need to provide 7 day operational cover
• Excellent verbal and written English skills are essential for effective communication across our European team and stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve sophisticated systems that scrape data reliably and cost-effectively at scale
• Take ownership of the future technical direction and evolution of our web scraping platform
• Guide and inspire an enthusiastic team who bring deep sector specific knowledge and years of scraping experience in the retail data domain
• Develop talent, nurturing and enhancing your team's skills, unlocking their full potential and fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Solve complex issues with robust solutions, seeking out novel methods and approaches to tackle tough challenges
• Drive your team towards operational nirvana, ensuring work is executed and delivered with the highest standards of quality and care
• Collaborate across disciplines, working closely with principle engineers, data scientists, data analysts, project managers and sales teams
• Articulate the value and impact of your team's work to the wider company with excellent verbal and written English

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working conditions
• Annual company events
• Health+travel benefits
• Work with a modern technology stack and tooling that includes AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Snowflake, Airflow, Node (>18.x), Python (>3.8), Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Hex, dbt and more
• Remote First: Our team of 25 is spread across Belgium, Denmark and Portugal; with once per month in-person Town Halls at our Lisbon office