Senior Web Scraper & Python Developer (Scrapy/BeautifulSoup)

NielsenIQ; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 42 000 - 66 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Flexible working environment

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Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Resumo da oferta

NIQ, based in Lisbon, Portugal, is seeking a Python Developer to join the scraping team. You will design and optimize Scrapy spiders, ensure data quality, and craft sophisticated crawling solutions while understanding HTTP, browsers, and internal tools.

The role emphasizes documentation and knowledge sharing within a dynamic, startup-like environment. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in software engineering, strong Python and web-scraping skills, and experience with Django or FastAPI, Docker,

Qualificações

• Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in software engineering.
• Knowledge of BeautifulSoup or Scrapy framework
• Familiarity with HTML and JavaScript, with a solid understanding of single-page applications.
• Experience with RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.
• Hands-on experience with major Python web frameworks such as Django, FastAPI, or similar.
• Knowledge of the scraping framework, Scrapy is a plus.
• Experience with time series databases, such as InfluxDB, is advantageous.
• Strong skills in Docker, Git, pandas, regular expressions, Linux, and bash scripting.
• Proven experience with major cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• You are enthusiastic, motivated, autonomous.
• You like tackling mentally-stimulating software engineering challenges.
• You are passionate about tech and learning new things.

Responsabilidades

• Design, implement, and document robust Scrapy spiders, ensuring resilience against future website changes while maintaining existing ones.
• Conduct comprehensive code review and data validation to maintain the highest standards of code and data quality.
• Leverage in-depth knowledge of the HTTP protocol, the mechanisms of modern web browsers, and our own internal tools to design sophisticated web crawling solutions that bypass advanced anti-bot countermeasures.
• Architect and contribute to significant new developments across multiple codebases, providing clear technical documentation and conducting training sessions for relevant teams when necessary.

Conhecimentos

Python programming

Web crawling

Code review

Data validation

Autonomy

Team collaboration

Formação académica

Master's degree in Computer Science/IT

Ferramentas

BeautifulSoup

Scrapy

Django

FastAPI

InfluxDB

Docker

Git

Pandas

Regex

Linux

Bash

AWS

GCP

Azure

Descrição da oferta de emprego

NIQ, based in Lisbon, Portugal, is seeking a Python Developer to join the scraping team. You will design and optimize Scrapy spiders, ensure data quality, and craft sophisticated crawling solutions while understanding HTTP, browsers, and internal tools.

The role emphasizes documentation and knowledge sharing within a dynamic, startup-like environment. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in software engineering, strong Python and web-scraping skills, and experience with Django or FastAPI, Docker,