Python Scraping Engineer - Portugal (remote) | 40h/week | Contractor

Belender; Lisboa; Remote; EUR 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully flexible working hours

Freelance / contractor model

Direct impact on systems used by banks

Job summary

Belender, a fintech company in Portugal, seeks a Python engineer to join the scraping team and build integrations with public administration systems. The role emphasizes automation and advanced scraping to transform official data into usable JSON for banks.

Requirements include strong Python experience, AWS Lambda exposure, and web scraping skills. Must be based in Portugal with at least two years of prior experience in the country.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Python.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure (Lambda).
• Web scraping expertise including complex or unstable systems.
• Must be based in Portugal and have at least 2 years of work experience in Portugal.

Responsibilities

• Join the scraping team and build and maintain integrations with public administration systems.
• Focus on automation and advanced scraping for reliable data extraction.

Skills

Python

AWS Lambda

Web scraping

Anti-bot knowledge

Tools

AWS

Lambda

Job description

Important: it is mandatory to have been a resident in Portugal for at least the last 2 years.

About us

We areBelender, a fintech company enabling financial institutions to access public administration data in real time.

We connect to multiple public entities (tax authorities, social security, etc.) and transform official data into structured formats (JSON) that banks can directly integrate into their decision-making processes.

Our mission is to simplify and automate access to reliable data, reducing friction in financial processes.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for aPython engineerto join our scraping team and help build and maintain integrations with public administration systems.

This is a highly technical role focused on:

• automation
• advanced scraping

Requirements (mandatory)

• Strong experience withPython
• Experience working withAWS infrastructure:
• Lambda
• Experience in:
• Web scraping
• Must be based in Portugal
• At least 2 years of prior work experience in Portugal
• Ability to communicate in:

Nice to have

• Experience inweb reverse engineering
• Experience with complex or unstable external systems
• Knowledge of anti-bot techniques

What we offer

• Full-time (40h/week)
• Fullyflexible working hours
• Freelance / contractor model
• Work on real, complex engineering challenges
• Direct impact on systems used by financial institutions

Why Belender

• Small, highly technical team
• High ownership from day one
• Challenging engineering problems (not repetitive work)
• Fast-growing environment
• Strong experience withPython
• Experience working withAWS infrastructure:
• Lambda

Experience in:

• Web scraping
• Must be based in Portugal
• At least 2 years of prior work experience in Portugal