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Transparent Search Group

Senior Web Data Engineer

Transparent Search Group, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Job Title: Web Data Engineer (Python / Web Scraping / API Integration)

Location:

Remote Experience Level:

Mid to Senior (4+ years) Type:

Full-Time

About the Role

Were looking for a skilled

Web Data Engineer

with at least 4 years of experience in web scraping, API integration, or related data engineering roles. In this role, you will build and maintain advanced data pipelines that collect and transform massive datasets from publicly available internet sources into actionable intelligence.

You will be working with modern scraping frameworks, browser automation tools, and public APIs designing robust systems that power our strategic data operations.

What You Will Do

Design, develop, and maintain scalable

data collection pipelines

from public APIs and websites Implement scraping solutions using

Python libraries

(e.g., requests, httpx) and frameworks like

Scrapy ,

BeautifulSoup , or

Selenium Leverage

browser automation tools

such as

Playwright

or

Puppeteer

for dynamic content extraction Handle

proxy rotation ,

session management , and

TLS challenges

for resilient data scraping Parse and process structured and unstructured data using

HTML ,

CSS ,

JavaScript ,

REST APIs , and

GraphQL Collaborate with the team to transform raw web data into clean, structured, and insightful datasets Contribute to system architecture with an eye for performance, reliability, and scalability What We Are Looking For

4+ years of experience in

web data engineering ,

API integration , or similar roles Strong Python programming skills and deep knowledge of

HTTP libraries Experience with

web scraping frameworks

(Scrapy, BeautifulSoup, Selenium) Hands-on experience with

modern browser automation

(Playwright, Puppeteer) Solid understanding of

web protocols ,

JavaScript rendering , and data extraction techniques Working knowledge of

proxy management ,

session handling , and

TLS mechanics Detail-oriented mindset with the ability to transform data into valuable business insights Bonus Points For

Experience with

Rust

or

Go

web scraping frameworks (for performance-focused scraping) Familiarity with

distributed systems ,

job queues , and high-scale data collection infrastructure Knowledge of

asynchronous programming

and

parallel processing

Why Join Us

You'll be part of a team tackling challenging data problems with impact at scale. We operate at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and massive open-source intelligence (OSINT) collection offering a chance to contribute to meaningful and complex technical work from day one.