Mindrift

Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer (Freelance)

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17 hours ago
Remote, Poland +5 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end extraction workflows across complex websites and deliver complete, accurate, structured datasets.
  • Use custom workflows and available tools to accelerate data collection, validation, and task execution.
  • Extract data from dynamic and interactive sources, including JavaScript-rendered pages, while adapting to changing site behavior.
  • Apply validation, cross-source consistency checks, formatting standards, and systematic verification to maintain data quality.
  • 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 tools such as BeautifulSoup and Selenium, including dynamic content and APIs accessed through proxies.
  • Ability to extract data from complex structures such as hierarchies, archived pages, and inconsistent HTML.
  • Experience with data cleaning, normalization, validation, and delivery 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.
  • Strong attention to detail, independent troubleshooting ability, and a self-directed work ethic.
  • English proficiency at Upper-intermediate (B2) level or above.
  • A GitHub link is a plus.
  • A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related technical field is a plus.

Benefits

  • Fully remote freelance work based in Romania.
  • Part-time project with an estimated 10–20 hours per week during active phases; workload is not guaranteed and applies only while the project is active.

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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