Mindrift

Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer (Freelance)

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2 days ago
Remote, Spain +3 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end data extraction workflows across complex websites and deliver accurate, reliable structured datasets.
  • Use tools and custom workflows to accelerate data collection, validation, and task execution.
  • Extract data from dynamic and interactive web sources, including JavaScript-rendered content, while adapting to changing site behavior.
  • Apply data-quality controls, including validation, cross-source consistency checks, formatting compliance, and systematic verification.
  • Scale scraping operations for large datasets 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 experience with Python web scraping using BeautifulSoup, Selenium, or similar tools, including dynamic content and APIs via proxies.
  • Ability to extract data from complex structures such as hierarchies, archived pages, and inconsistent HTML.
  • Experience with data cleaning, normalization, and validation using structured formats such as CSV and JSON and tools such as Google Sheets.
  • Demonstrated experience handling anti-bot mechanisms and dynamic site structures at scale.
  • Experience with AWS or equivalent cloud infrastructure and Docker containerization in real workflows.
  • Hands-on experience with LLM frameworks such as LangChain or OpenRouter for automation tasks.
  • Strong attention to detail, independent troubleshooting ability, and a self-directed work style.
  • 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 workplace.
  • Freelance, part-time engagement for the Tendem project.
  • Estimated workload of approximately 10–20 hours per week during active project phases, with no guaranteed workload.
  • Project-based work through the Mindrift platform.

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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