Mindrift

Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer (Freelance)

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4 days ago
Remote, Italy +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 collect, validate, and process data efficiently.
  • Adapt scraping approaches for JavaScript-rendered content, interactive sources, and changing site behavior.
  • Apply validation, cross-source consistency checks, formatting controls, and systematic verification before delivery.
  • Scale scraping for large datasets through 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 via proxies.
  • Ability to extract data from complex structures such as hierarchies, archived pages, and inconsistent HTML.
  • Experience with data cleaning, normalization, validation, and structured datasets including CSV, JSON, and 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 LangChain, OpenRouter, or similar LLM frameworks for automation tasks.
  • Upper-intermediate English proficiency at 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 also a plus.

Benefits

  • Remote, part-time freelance opportunity.
  • Estimated workload of approximately 10–20 hours per week during active project phases, with no guaranteed workload.
  • Compensation of up to $40 per hour equivalent, depending on contribution level and pace.

Tech Stack

Categories

Data Engineering
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