Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Take charge of comprehensive data extraction processes across intricate websites, ensuring thorough coverage, precision, and dependable delivery of structured datasets.

• Utilize tools and custom workflows to enhance data collection, validation, and task execution while adhering to established requirements.

• Guarantee reliable data extraction from dynamic and interactive web sources, modifying strategies for JavaScript-rendered content and evolving site behaviors.

• Uphold data quality standards through validation checks, cross-source consistency controls, formatting specifications, and systematic verification prior to delivery.

• Expand scraping operations for large datasets by employing efficient batching or parallelization techniques.

• Monitor for failures and ensure stability in the face of minor alterations to site structure.

• Leverage expertise in web scraping, data extraction, and data processing to contribute to specialized Tendem project workflows.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5+ years of pertinent experience in data engineering, web scraping, automation, or software development.

• Extensive experience in Python web scraping, including tools like BeautifulSoup, Selenium, or similar, as well as handling dynamic content and APIs through proxies.

• Proven capability to extract data from complex structures, including hierarchies, archived pages, and inconsistent HTML.

• Strong background in data cleaning, normalization, and validation, delivering structured datasets in formats such as CSV, JSON, or Google Sheets.

• Demonstrated experience managing anti-bot mechanisms and dynamic site structures at scale.

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure such as AWS or similar, along with containerization using Docker.

• Practical experience with LLM frameworks like LangChain, OpenRouter, or similar applied to automation tasks.

• Keen attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining data accuracy.

• Self-motivated work ethic with the ability to troubleshoot independently.

• Proficiency in English: Upper-intermediate (B2) or higher.

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or related technical fields is a plus.

• A GitHub link is an added advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Freelance opportunity.

• Part-time remote work.

• Estimated 10–20 hours per week during active project phases.

• Flexible workload based on project requirements.