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As a Web Scraping Engineer, you will jump right into building high-scale crawlers and parsers, bringing strong Python or Go skills to our primarily data engineering-focused group. With a rapidly growing influx of project-based requests, we need someone who can take immediate ownership and leverage AI tools to build solutions from scratch. Your main challenge will be navigating a fast-paced environment where speed and delivery are prioritized over absolute perfection.\nIn this role, you will:\nDesign and build high-scale crawlers, scrapers, and the surrounding infrastructure capable of handling thousands to millions of requests.\nTake client requirements and own projects end-to-end, building custom solutions from scratch without waiting for detailed specifications.\nWrite functional, reusable code in Python or Go, heavily leveraging AI-driven IDEs to maximize output and efficiency.\nWork within our data platform to enable the seamless building and delivery of large datasets.\nUse internal scraping tools or build new ones as priorities and client routes change.\nJustify technical decisions, perform code reviews, and collaborate closely with the team to ensure quality solutions.\nYour skills & experiences:\nMultiple years of backend development experience with Python or Go (or strong web scraping expertise driven by AI tools).\nFamiliarity with web scraping fundamentals, parsing, headless browsers, and databases like PostgreSQL or BigQuery.\nHigh level of independence-you can align on an approach in a discussion and then fully own the delivery.\nA business-first mentality that prioritizes speed and delivery over perfection, with a \"thick skin\" for direct feedback.\nHands-on experience and a strong comfort level with AI-driven development tools (such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Antigravity).\nNice to have:\nExperience in data engineering: ETL/ELT pipelines, Spark, Airflow, Dagster, etc.\nTech stack:\nPython, Go\nDatabases: PostgreSQL, BigQuery\nHosting: Google Cloud, Hetzner, private cloud\nScraping tools: Playwright, internal APIs, Camoufox, headless browsers\nData Engineering: Airflow\nAI tools: Claude Code, Cursor\nSalary & Benefits\nGross salary: 4400 - 7000 EUR/month. 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