Python Web Developer - Web Scraping

Evolutyz Corp; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Evolutyz Corp is seeking 4 experienced Python Web Developers to join our Content Factory program. You will build and maintain web crawlers and scraping solutions to extract data from customer sites that do not offer bulk downloads.

Candidates should have strong Python skills, web development experience, and a solid understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Prior crawler experience is preferred but not mandatory; you will work with a client platform to ensure timely data delivery.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Python programming experience required.
• General web development experience required.
• Solid understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript fundamentals.
• Experience with REST APIs and JSON.
• Familiarity with HTTP requests, DOM elements, and web page structures.
• Basic knowledge of databases and data handling; strong debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement web crawlers and scraping scripts using Python.
• Extract structured data from customer websites without bulk download support.
• Analyze website structures and DOM to identify relevant data.
• Use Python libraries/frameworks for automated data extraction.
• Clean, validate, and organize scraped data for accuracy.
• Troubleshoot scraping issues and adapt to site changes.
• Work with client platform to build data extraction workflows.
• Collaborate with team to meet project timelines and data delivery.

Skills

Python programming

Web development

HTML/CSS/JavaScript fundamentals

REST APIs & JSON

Debugging & problem-solving

Tools

BeautifulSoup

Requests

Scrapy

Selenium

Playwright

Job description

We are looking for 4 experienced Python Web Developers to support our Content Factory program. The selected resources will be responsible for extracting and collecting data from customer websites that do not provide bulk data download capabilities. Developers will leverage the platform provided by the client to build and maintain web crawlers and scraping solutions that automate website data extraction. Candidates should have strong Python programming skills and general web development experience. Prior experience developing web crawlers or web scraping solutions is preferred but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement web crawlers and scraping scripts using Python.
• Extract structured data from customer websites that do not support bulk data downloads.
• Analyze website structures, HTML pages, and web elements to identify relevant data.
• Utilize Python libraries and frameworks for automated data extraction.
• Clean, validate, and organize scraped data to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Troubleshoot scraping issues and handle changes in website structures.
• Work with the client-provided platform to build and execute data extraction workflows.
• Collaborate with the team to meet project timelines and data delivery requirements.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Python programming.
• General web development experience.
• Good understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentals.
• Experience working with REST APIs and JSON.
• Familiarity with HTTP requests, web page structures, and DOM elements.
• Basic understanding of databases and data handling.Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with web scraping and web crawling.
• Familiarity with Python libraries such as BeautifulSoup, Requests, Scrapy, and Selenium.
• Knowledge of browser automation tools such as Playwright.
• Understanding of XPath, CSS selectors, and HTML parsing.
• Experience handling dynamic websites and JavaScript-rendered content.

Candidate Profile

• Developers with 6-9 years of relevant development experience.
• Strong Python programming and web development fundamentals.
• Ability to independently develop and troubleshoot scraping scripts.
• Practical, hands-on development experience.
• Prior crawler development experience is an added advantage, but not mandatory.