Senior Python Engineer

Join our Data Ingest team as a Senior Python Engineer. You will be responsible for scraping and processing data that fuels our products. Your role will involve implementing new scrapers, maintaining existing ones, and improving the scraping platform. You will also take ownership of architectural components and perform code reviews. The position offers flexible working arrangements, a 20% annual bonus, share options, and various other benefits.

• Researching and conducting technical investigations to improve data scraping processes.
• Implementing new scrapers, maintaining existing ones, and enhancing the scraping platform for data quality and performance.
• Taking ownership of architectural components of the platform, reducing complexity, and removing technical debt.
• Deep-dive into the business domain to ensure your technical output aligns with product goals and user needs
• Take proactive ownership of projects, setting a high bar for technical excellence
• Engineer robust solutions using advanced Python and SQL to solve complex data and backend challenges
• Perform basic exploratory data analysis and make technical decisions on the basis of observed data rather than just assumptions
• Work with data processing and distributed high-load systems
• Thrive in fast-paced environments, pivoting quickly to meet changing priorities without losing momentum
• Articulate complex ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Approach every challenge with a positive attitude and a proactive drive to learn new technologies and methodologies
• Experience with event-driven architecture and message queues (RabbitMQ/Kafka)
• Experience with documentation of system architecture
• Experience collaborating with a BI, DA and/or ML team
• Build and maintain scalable web scraping architectures and backend systems that power core product features
• Prior experience working for a data product company or being involved with Big Data