Senior Ruby Engineer — Web Scraping & Browser Automation (Remote)

SearchApi; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity share

Profit sharing

Annual team retreats

Job summary

SearchApi is seeking a Ruby Engineer specializing in web scraping for a fully remote position. The role involves fixing parsers, building integrations, and debugging browser automation issues. Ideal candidates will have strong problem-solving skills and a deep understanding of browser internals and anti-bot systems.

Joining SearchApi means working in a lean, profitable team dedicated to delivering real-time SERP data for Fortune 500 clients. If you have a passion for Ruby and enjoy tackling complex challenges, we want to hear from you.

Qualifications

• Passionate about Ruby & Ruby on Rails.
• Deep knowledge of web fundamentals: HTTP, TLS, CSS selectors, XPath, JavaScript.
• Fluent in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Fix broken parsers under time pressure.
• Add new elements to existing search engines.
• Build and ship new search engine integrations.
• Debug browser automation issues (CDP, fingerprinting, evasion).
• Talk to customers directly and help them find solutions.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Browser automation

Anti-bot evasion

Concurrency

Infrastructure

Education

BSc or higher in Computer Science or equivalent technical field

Tools

Terraform

AWS

PostgreSQL

Redis

Sidekiq

Job description

SearchApi is seeking a Ruby Engineer specializing in web scraping for a fully remote position. The role involves fixing parsers, building integrations, and debugging browser automation issues. Ideal candidates will have strong problem-solving skills and a deep understanding of browser internals and anti-bot systems.

Joining SearchApi means working in a lean, profitable team dedicated to delivering real-time SERP data for Fortune 500 clients. If you have a passion for Ruby and enjoy tackling complex challenges, we want to hear from you.