Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer – Freelance

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About the role

  • Senior Python engineer building reliable web-scraping and data-extraction workflows for Mindrift’s AI technology projects. Processing dynamic websites into accurate, validated structured datasets.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end data extraction workflows across complex websites
  • Ensure complete coverage, accuracy, and reliable delivery of structured datasets
  • Use tools and custom workflows to accelerate data collection, validation, and task execution
  • Extract data from dynamic and interactive web sources, including JavaScript-rendered content
  • Adapt scraping approaches to changing site behavior and structures
  • Enforce data quality through validation checks, cross-source consistency controls, formatting compliance, and systematic verification
  • Scale scraping operations for large datasets using efficient batching or parallelization
  • Monitor failures and maintain stability against minor site structure changes
  • Work with tools such as Apify, OpenRouter, and other technologies

Requirements

  • At least 5+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, web scraping, automation, or software development (required)
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or related technical fields is a plus
  • Strong experience in Python web scraping (BeautifulSoup, Selenium or similar), including dynamic content (JS, AJAX, infinite scroll) and APIs via proxies
  • Proven ability to extract data from complex structures (hierarchies, archived pages, inconsistent HTML)
  • Solid background in data cleaning, normalization, and validation, delivering structured datasets (CSV, JSON, Google Sheets)
  • Demonstrated experience handling anti-bot mechanisms and dynamic site structures at scale
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent) and containerization (Docker) as part of real workflows
  • Hands-on experience with LLM frameworks (LangChain, OpenRouter, or similar) applied to automation tasks
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
  • Self-directed work ethic with ability to troubleshoot independently
  • A link to GitHub is a plus
  • English proficiency: Upper-intermediate (B2) or above (required)

Benefits

  • Part-time remote opportunity
  • Estimated 10–20 hours per week during active phases
  • Freelance project work

Job type

Part Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$45 per hour

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

AWSCloudDockerJavaScriptPythonSelenium

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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