Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer — Remote, Part-Time

name; Georgia; On-site; USD 36,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

Mindrift is seeking a Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer for the Tendem project. This part-time remote freelance role focuses on web scraping, data extraction, and processing to deliver accurate structured datasets for real-world use cases.

You will own end-to-end data extraction across complex sources, leverage tools like Apify and OpenRouter, ensure data quality, and scale operations while adapting to changes in site structure.

Qualifications

• At least 5+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, web scraping, automation, or software development (required).
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or related technical fields is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end data extraction workflows across complex websites, ensuring complete coverage, accuracy, and reliable delivery of structured datasets.
• Leverage available tools and custom workflows to accelerate data collection, validation, and task execution while meeting defined requirement.
• Ensure reliable extraction from dynamic and interactive web sources, adapting approaches as needed to handle JavaScript-rendered content and changing site behavior.
• Enforce data quality standards through validation checks, cross-source consistency controls, adherence to formatting specifications, and systematic verification prior to delivery.
• Scale scraping operations for large datasets using efficient batching or parallelization, monitor failures, and maintain stability against minor site structure changes.

Skills

Python web scraping

Dynamic content

APIs via proxies

Data cleaning

Data validation

Structured data delivery

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering

Computer Science

Applied Mathematics

Tools

BeautifulSoup

Selenium

LangChain

OpenRouter

Docker

AWS

Job description

Mindrift is seeking a Senior Python Data Scraping Engineer for the Tendem project. This part-time remote freelance role focuses on web scraping, data extraction, and processing to deliver accurate structured datasets for real-world use cases.

You will own end-to-end data extraction across complex sources, leverage tools like Apify and OpenRouter, ensure data quality, and scale operations while adapting to changes in site structure.