Mindrift

Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer (Freelance)

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4 days ago
Remote, Japan or Singapore, SingaporeSenior

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 dynamic and interactive websites, including JavaScript-rendered content, while adapting to changing site behavior.
  • Apply validation, cross-source consistency checks, formatting controls, and systematic verification to maintain data quality.
  • Scale scraping operations 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 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, validation, and delivery of structured CSV, JSON, or Google Sheets datasets.
  • 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 applied to automation tasks.
  • Upper-intermediate English proficiency at B2 level or above is required.
  • Strong technical problem-solving, independent troubleshooting, attention to detail, and data-accuracy skills are required; a GitHub link is a plus.

Benefits

  • Remote, part-time freelance work.
  • Estimated workload of approximately 10–20 hours per week during active project phases, with no guaranteed workload.
  • Work on the Tendem project involving specialized data-scraping workflows for real-world applications.

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Data Engineering
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