Senior Data Scraping Engineer Vinculum Solutions

8.0 - 12.0 years

9 - 19 Lacs

Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru

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Job Summary We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Data Scraping Engineer to design, develop, and orchestrate robust web scraping frameworks. The ideal candidate will have 8-10 years of experience in ethical web scraping, including navigating login-protected websites, solving CAPTCHAs, and managing proxies or third-party services. You will be responsible for building scalable, efficient, and compliant scraping pipelines using industry-standard programming languages and tools, ensuring data integrity and adherence to legal and ethical guidelines. Key Responsibilities Framework Development: Design and implement end-to-end web scraping frameworks to extract structured data from diverse web sources, including those requiring authentication (e.g., behind logins). CAPTCHA Handling: Develop and integrate solutions to bypass or solve CAPTCHAs (e.g., reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha) using ethical tools, services, or machine learning techniques. Proxy & Service Management: Configure and manage proxy services (e.g., rotating proxies, residential proxies) and third-party APIs (e.g., CAPTCHA-solving services) to ensure uninterrupted and anonymous scraping operations. Ethical Compliance: Ensure all scraping activities comply with website terms of service, data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), and industry best practices for ethical data collection. Data Quality & Validation: Implement robust data validation and cleaning processes to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of scraped data. Scalability & Optimization: Build scalable scraping pipelines capable of handling large volumes of data with optimized performance, minimal latency, and efficient resource utilization. Monitoring & Maintenance: Develop monitoring tools to track scraping performance, detect failures (e.g., IP bans, structural changes in websites), and maintain scraping scripts to adapt to website updates. Collaboration: Work closely with data engineers, analysts, and product teams to understand data requirements and deliver high-quality datasets for downstream applications. Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation for scraping workflows, tools, and processes to ensure transparency and reproducibility. Required Qualifications Experience: 8-10 years of professional experience in web scraping, data extraction, or related fields, with a proven track record of handling complex scraping projects. Programming Languages: - Primary: Proficiency in Python (e.g., Scrapy, BeautifulSoup, Selenium, Requests) for building scraping scripts and frameworks. - Secondary (Preferred): Familiarity with JavaScript/Node.js (e.g., Puppeteer, Cheerio) for dynamic website scraping or Go for high-performance tasks. Tools & Technologies: - Scraping Frameworks: Expertise in Scrapy, Selenium, Puppeteer, or equivalent tools for scraping static and dynamic web content. - CAPTCHA Solutions: Experience with CAPTCHA-solving services (e.g., 2Captcha, Anti- CAPTCHA) or custom ML-based solutions. - Proxy Management: Hands-on experience with proxy services like Bright Data, Oxylabs, Smartproxy, or ScrapingBee for IP rotation and anonymity. - Headless Browsers: Proficiency in using headless browsers (e.g., Chrome, Firefox) for scraping JavaScript-heavy websites. - Databases: Knowledge of SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB) for storing and querying scraped data. - Cloud Platforms (Preferred): Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure for deploying scraping pipelines or managing infrastructure. Orchestration & Automation: - Experience with workflow orchestration tools like Apache Airflow, Prefect, or Celery for scheduling and managing scraping tasks. - Knowledge of containerization (e.g., Docker) and CI/CD pipelines for deploying scraping scripts. Ethical & Legal Knowledge: Strong understanding of web scraping ethics, website terms of service, and data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA). Problem-Solving: Exceptional ability to troubleshoot issues like IP bans, rate limits, and website structural changes. Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and document processes effectively. Preferred Qualifications Experience with machine learning or AI-based techniques for CAPTCHA solving or dynamic content extraction.

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