Python Developer - Internship

Role

Python Web Scraping Intern

Success in this role

Responsibilities

1. Develop high-quality

   web scrapers using Python and Playwright

   for dynamic and complex websites
2. Implement

   proxy rotation, session management, headless/stealth techniques

   , and anti-bot mitigation strategies
3. Design scraping workflows that are reliable, fault-tolerant, and easy to maintain
4. Inspect network calls, handle authentication flows, detect content load triggers, and manage asynchronous scraping behavior
5. Clean, transform, and structure scraped data for downstream ML/AI systems
6. Collaborate with the engineering team to improve scraping reliability and performance
7. Document scraper behavior, edge cases, and troubleshooting steps

Qualifications

1. Strong programming skills in

   Python

2. Hands-on experience with

   Playwright

   (or Selenium with willingness to switch)
3. Understanding of

   HTML/CSS selectors, DOM traversal, dynamic rendering, and browser automation

4. Familiarity with

   proxy usage, rotation mechanisms, session spoofing, stealth browser techniques

   , and bypassing common anti-scraping measures
5. Ability to debug selectors, timeouts, synchronization issues, and race conditions
6. Comfortable working with Git and command-line tools
7. Strong problem-solving mindset and attention to detail
8. (Nice to have) Experience with async Python, Scrapy, or API integrations

Additional Details

1. Paid internship opportunity

2. Duration: 2–6 months (flexible)
3. Location: Remote or Bengaluru
4. Strong potential for a PPO based on performance