Remote Senior Web Scraping Specialist

Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Web Scraping Specialist with 5+ years of experience to join our team. The successful candidate will design, implement, and maintain web scraping processes for data collection from various online sources, focusing on competitor analysis and business intelligence purposes.

Requirements

• Proven experience of 5+ years as a Web Scraping Specialist or similar role, with a track record of successful web scraping projects
• Expertise in handling dynamic content, user-agent rotation, bypass CAPTCHAs, rate limits, and utilization of proxy services
• Knowledge on browser fingerprinting
• Proficiency in programming languages commonly used for web scraping, such as Python, BeautifulSoup, Scrapy, or Selenium
• Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, XPath, and other web technologies relevant to web scraping and Coding
• Knowledge and experience in best of class data storage and retrieval of large volume of scraped data
• Understanding of web scraping best practices, including handling dynamic content, user-agent rotation, and IP address management
• Attention to detail and the ability to handle and process large volumes of data accurately
• Familiarity with data cleansing techniques and data validation processes
• Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Knowledge of web scraping ethics, legal considerations, and compliance with website terms of service
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing web environments

Responsibilities

• Lead and provide expertise in scraping at scale e-commerce marketplaces
• Identify relevant websites and online sources from which data needs to be scraped
• Develop and implement effective web scraping strategies to extract data from targeted websites
• Create and maintain web scraping scripts or programs to extract the required data
• Cleanse and validate the collected data to eliminate errors, inconsistencies, and duplicates
• Continuously monitor and maintain the web scraping processes
• Optimize web scraping procedures for efficiency and scalability, especially when dealing with a large volume of data or multiple data sources
• Stay up-to-date with legal and ethical considerations related to web scraping
• Maintain detailed documentation of web scraping processes, data sources, and methodologies
• Collaborate with other teams such as data analysts, developers, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver insights effectively
• Implement security measures to ensure the confidentiality and protection of sensitive data throughout the scraping process

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or related fields
• Experience with cloud-based solutions and distributed web scraping systems
• Familiarity with APIs and data extraction from non-public sources
• Knowledge of machine learning techniques for data extraction and natural language processing is desired but not mandatory
• Prior experience in handling large-scale data projects and working with big data frameworks
• Understanding of various data formats such as JSON, XML, CSV, etc
• Experience with version control systems like Git