Senior Web Scraping & Anti-Bot Engineer

TICKET SHOP FZCO; Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Ticket Shop FZCO seeks a highly skilled engineer to build and maintain fast automation and data extraction systems for high-demand platforms. You will design scalable solutions for events and time-critical releases, reverse engineer web apps and APIs, and bypass evolving anti-bot protections.

Strong Python/JavaScript, browser automation, and debugging skills are essential. You will work with DataDome, Queue-it CAPTCHA, CDNs, and other protections, using Playwright, Puppeteer, or Selenium.

Qualifications

• Expert-level Python and JavaScript.
• Strong experience in advanced web scraping and browser automation.
• Deep understanding of reverse engineering web apps and APIs.
• Experience with: DataDome Queue-it CAPTCHA systems CDN/WAF protections Browser fingerprinting Proxy/IP management Session and cookie handling.
• Experience with Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, or similar tools.
• Strong knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS, WebSockets, REST, GraphQL, JSON, and async programming.
• Excellent debugging and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-performance automation and data extraction systems.
• Design scalable solutions for high-traffic events and time-critical releases.
• Reverse engineer web apps APIs to understand workflows.
• Research anti-bot protections and implement bypass strategies.
• Develop tools to monitor and improve reliability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to adapt to platform changes.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

Web scraping

Browser automation

Reverse engineering

Debugging

Async programming

REST/GraphQL

Playwright

Puppeteer

Selenium

DataDome

Queue-it

Browser fingerprinting

Proxy/IP management

Session handling

Docker

Linux

Git

Cloud infrastructure

TLS/HTTP/2/3

Tools

Playwright

Puppeteer

Selenium

DataDome

Queue-it

Docker

Linux

Git

Job description

Build and maintain high-performance automation and data extraction systems for dynamic high-demand platforms Design scalable solutions for high-traffic events and time-critical releases Reverse engineer web apps APIs and client-side JavaScript to understand workflows and network behavior Research anti-bot protections and implement reliable bypass strategies for evolving security systems Work with DataDome Queue-it CAPTCHA systems CDNs and other anti-automation technologies Develop browser and HTTP automation handling authentication sessions cookies and fingerprinting Optimize performance speed reliability and resource usage Monitor production systems quickly identify issues and deploy fixes with minimal downtime Build internal tools to improve reliability monitoring and efficiency Collaborate with engineering teams to adapt to platform changes and improve performance

Expert-level Python and JavaScript.

Strong experience in advanced web scraping and browser automation.

Deep understanding of reverse engineering web apps and APIs.

Experience with: DataDome Queue-it CAPTCHA systems CDN/WAF protections Browser fingerprinting Proxy/IP management Session and cookie handling

Experience with Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, or similar tools.

Strong knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS, WebSockets, REST, GraphQL, JSON, and async programming.

Excellent debugging and analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with distributed automation systems.
• Familiarity with Docker, Linux, Git, and cloud infrastructure.
• Understanding of HTTP/2, HTTP/3, TLS, and browser internals.
• Experience maintaining production-grade, high-availability systems.

What We're Looking For

Strong research and problem-solving abilities. Fast adaptation to changing anti-bot systems and web architectures. Self-driven and able to work independently. High attention to detail and reliability. Ability to perform under tight deadlines and high-pressure conditions.