Software Engineer (Extraction)

Wiser is currently looking for a Software Developer to join our Extraction Team. In this role, you will be responsible for helping to grow and maintain a library of thousands of web crawling bots used by Fortune 500 brands and retailers. Day-to-day, you will produce creative solutions to complex problems, and learn new skills to complement your existing abilities.

This is a significant role for those who are looking for hands-on experience with high visibility and impact. We welcome fresh ideas and approaches as we constantly aim to improve our development processes.
Our team has experience using a wide range of technologies and years of cloud and big data experience. We are always learning and growing, so we can guarantee that you will not be bored with us! What you will get to do

• Write clean, efficient, thoroughly tested code. Much of our code is Python, but we use all kinds of languages and frameworks.

• Maintain the platform that puts reports and visualizations into the hands of our customers.

• Troubleshoot, test, and maintain the platform, bots, and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality.

• Evaluate the technical trade-offs of decisions and build things that last and scale.

• Maintain and fix existing bot issues.

• Create and analyze new bot technologies - figuring out how we can scale up our bots and systems. Qualifications

• Programming experience.

• Proficiency in web scraping and data extraction.

• Familiarity with regular expressions.

• Familiarity with web technology, such as HTTP, JSON, HTML, XPath, or JavaScript.

• Experience with databases, SQL, or NoSQL.

• Experience with REST services and API design.

• A real passion for clean code and finding elegant solutions to problems.

• Eagerness to expand your knowledge and abilities in web scraping and cloud-based technologies.

• You look ahead to identify opportunities and foster a culture of innovation.

• You are a dedicated team member, committed to fulfilling all job duties and responsibilities, meeting deadlines, and delivering results consistently.

• An eagerness to learn new things, and improve upon existing skills, abilities, and practices.

• BS in Computer Science or a related field and 4+ years professional experience.

Nice to have

• Experience in Agile project management tool (e.g. JIRA).

• Experience with version control systems (Git, Subversion, etc..)

• Programming experience on Unix based infrastructure.

• Knowledge of cloud-based systems (EC2, Rack space, etc..).

• Expertise with big data, analytics, machine learning, and personalization.