Software Engineer- Web Scraping Team- Remote

  • Full-time

Company Description

About Us: 

PromptCloud is a Data as a Service company that helps businesses harness the power of data. Our technology fuels some of the most interesting big data projects in the world. We are a small bunch of people working towards shaping the imminent data-driven future by solving some of its fundamental and toughest challenges.

Job Description

Role: PromptCloud is looking for an experienced software engineer to implement data acquisition projects end to end. In this role, you will be working in the web scraping team with junior data engineers, helping them solve complex web problems and mentor them along the way. You will be adept at delivering large-scale web crawling projects, breaking down barriers for your team and guiding them when needed.

Responsibilities
Plan and estimate tasks with your team, in collaboration with the team lead
Engineer complex data acquisition projects
Guide and mentor other data engineers
Anticipate issues that might arise and proactively consider those into design
Perform code reviews and suggest design changes

Qualifications

Prerequisites
Between 1-5 years of relevant experience
Fluent programming skills and well-versed with scripting languages like Python or Ruby
Solid foundation in data structures and algorithms
Excellent tech troubleshooting skills
Good understanding of web data landscape
Prior exposure to DOM, XPATH and hands on experience with selenium/automated testing is a plus

Skills and competencies
Work independently with little to no supervision
Extremely high attention to detail
Ability to juggle between multiple projects

Additional Information

Perks

  • An environment where each employee is celebrated.
  • A one-time home office setup allowance, monthly allowances for internet bills, child care allowance for new mothers/single parents.
  • Half-yearly performance appraisals
  • Flexible working hours
  • Competitive salary