Mindrift

Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer (Freelance)

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20 hours ago
Remote, Morocco +5 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end data extraction workflows across complex websites and deliver complete, accurate, structured datasets.
  • Use scraping tools and custom workflows for data collection, validation, and task execution.
  • Extract data from dynamic and interactive sources, including JavaScript-rendered pages and changing site structures.
  • Apply data quality controls such as validation, cross-source consistency checks, formatting compliance, and systematic verification.
  • Scale scraping operations through batching or parallelization, monitor failures, and maintain stability against minor 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, APIs, proxies, JavaScript, AJAX, and infinite scroll.
  • Experience extracting data from complex structures such as hierarchies, archived pages, and inconsistent HTML.
  • Experience with data cleaning, normalization, validation, and structured outputs such as CSV, JSON, and Google Sheets.
  • Experience handling anti-bot mechanisms and dynamic site structures at scale.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS and containerization with Docker.
  • 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 preferred but not required; a GitHub link is a plus.

Benefits

  • Remote freelance and part-time opportunity.
  • Estimated workload of 10–20 hours per week during active project phases, with no guaranteed workload.
  • Compensation of up to $25 per hour equivalent, depending on level and pace of contribution.

Tech Stack

Categories

Data Engineering
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About Mindrift

1,001-5,000 employees

Mindrift builds an expert-sourcing platform that connects domain specialists to project-based work training and evaluating generative AI models, including supervised fine-tuning, RLHF, evaluation, and red-teaming. It is built and operated by Toloka, part of Nebius Group, and run from Amsterdam, Netherlands. Work is fully remote and freelance, serving global technology companies developing and improving large AI systems.

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