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Job Title: Web Scraper
Job Type: Contractor (Part-time)
Location: Remote
Job Summary:
Join our customer’s team as a Web Scraper, where you’ll leverage your expertise to extract, process, and analyze data from diverse online sources. In this expert-level role, you’ll collaborate closely with other specialists to deliver clean, reliable data solutions that power critical decision-making. You will play a key role in ensuring data integrity while working in a dynamic remote environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, develop, and maintain robust web scraping scripts and applications
Perform data extraction from multiple websites, handling both static and dynamic content
Clean, validate, and structure large volumes of scraped data for further analysis
Monitor scraping pipelines for data quality and troubleshoot scraping failures
Implement solutions to bypass anti-scraping mechanisms and maintain scraping effectiveness
Collaborate with customer’s team members to define data requirements and deliverables
Document scraping processes and maintain code for scalability and reusability
Required Skills and Qualifications:
Proven experience in building and maintaining web scrapers using tools such as Python, Scrapy, Selenium, or similar technologies
Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and web protocols
Expertise in handling APIs, RESTful interfaces, and parsing JSON/XML data
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information clearly
Proficiency with data cleaning, manipulation, and storage using relational or NoSQL databases
Knowledge of web security concepts and best practices for ethical scraping
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues autonomously
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with cloud-based scraping and deployment (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Familiarity with version control systems like Git
Background in large-scale data extraction projects
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