Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer, Freelance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida, +4 more states.

📋 Description

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

• Utilize available tools and tailor-made workflows to expedite data collection, validation, and task execution while adhering to established requirements.

• Ensure dependable 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.

• Enhance scraping operations for extensive datasets using effective batching or parallelization, track failures, and maintain stability against minor alterations in site structure.

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

• Leverage tools such as Apify, OpenRouter, and other relevant technologies.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or other related technical fields is advantageous.

• Strong proficiency in Python web scraping, including experience with BeautifulSoup, Selenium or similar tools, dynamic content (JS, AJAX, infinite scroll), and APIs using proxies.

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

• Solid experience in data cleaning, normalization, and validation, delivering structured datasets in CSV, JSON, or Google Sheets formats.

• Proven track record in managing anti-bot measures and dynamic site structures on a large scale.

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent) and containerization (Docker) as part of actual workflows.

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

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

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

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

• A link to GitHub is an advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Part-time freelance opportunity.

• Flexible workload estimated at 10–20 hours per week during active project phases.