Mindrift

Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer (Freelance)

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4 days ago
Remote, United Kingdom +5 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end data extraction workflows across complex websites and deliver accurate, complete structured datasets.
  • Use custom workflows and tools to accelerate data collection, validation, and task execution.
  • Extract data from JavaScript-rendered and interactive sources while adapting to changing site behavior.
  • Apply validation, cross-source consistency checks, formatting controls, and systematic verification before delivery.
  • Scale scraping operations through efficient batching or parallelization, monitor failures, and maintain stability against site changes.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of relevant experience in data engineering, web scraping, automation, or software development.
  • Strong Python web scraping experience with BeautifulSoup, Selenium or similar tools, including dynamic content and APIs via proxies.
  • Experience extracting data from complex structures such as hierarchies, archived pages, and inconsistent HTML.
  • Experience with data cleaning, normalization, validation, and structured datasets in CSV, JSON, or Google Sheets.
  • Experience handling anti-bot mechanisms and dynamic site structures at scale.
  • Experience with AWS or equivalent cloud infrastructure and Docker containerization.
  • Hands-on experience with LLM frameworks such as LangChain or OpenRouter for automation tasks.
  • English proficiency at Upper-intermediate (B2) level or above.
  • A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related technical field is a plus.
  • A GitHub link is a plus.

Benefits

  • Fully remote freelance opportunity.
  • Part-time project workload estimated at 10–20 hours per week during active phases, with no guaranteed workload.
  • Compensation of up to $45 per hour equivalent, depending on contribution level and pace.

Tech Stack

Categories

Data Engineering
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