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YipitData is seeking a Python Developer to join its Data Solutions team. This role involves designing, refactoring, and maintaining web scrapers that are vital for the organization's reports. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring data ingestion processes are resilient, efficient, and scalable.
Responsibilities:
- Refactor and maintain web scrapers to improve reliability and efficiency.
- Implement advanced scraping techniques to avoid detection and blocking.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and ensure data quality.
- Monitor and troubleshoot scraper performance, addressing failures and scaling issues.
- Drive continuous improvement in scraping capabilities and processes.
Requirements:
- Effective communication in English.
- 4+ years of experience with web scraping frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Puppeteer).
- Strong understanding of HTTP, RESTful APIs, HTML parsing, browser rendering, and TLS/SSL mechanics.
- Expertise in fingerprinting and evasion strategies.
- Experience managing cookies, headers, session states, and proxy rotations.
- Experience with logging, metrics, and alerting.
- Troubleshooting skills to optimize scraper performance.
What YipitData Offers:
- Comprehensive benefits and perks.
- Competitive salary.
- Vacation time and parental leave.
- Team events and learning reimbursement.
- Environment focused on ownership, respect, and trust.
YipitData (Alternative)
YipitData is a market-leading data and analytics firm, analyzing billions of data points daily to deliver detailed insights across diverse industries like consumer brands, technology, and healthcare. Utilizing proprietary technology, they identify, license, clean, and analyze crucial data for global investment funds and corporations. A fast-growing company with a people-first culture, YipitData is backed by The Carlyle Group and Norwest Venture Partners. With a global presence spanning multiple offices in North America and Asia, they continue to expand their reach and impact in global markets.