Thinknum is a venture-backed alternative data software startup.

Thinknum creates datasets from a broad array of public online sources, capturing ephemeral information on the products, operating markets and labor markets of 400,000+ global companies across sectors, and provides rich toolsets for extracting intelligence.

Thinknum has over 300 clients across major corporations and investment firms.

Thinknum's media outlet - The Business of Business has attracted millions of readers in a single year of existence with its unique data-driven reporting. Our alternative data insights were featured by The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, The San Francisco Chronicle, Quartz, Fast Company, CNN and many more.

Thinknum is looking for a Data Engineer Lead with minimum 3 years of experience parsing various data sources. 

Candidate will help bridge the gap between the unorganized web and Thinknum's highly organized and categorized datasets. A love of web spiders and parsing various data sources is a must have.

• Must be a Python expert and be super comfortable exploring the DOM via Selenium and BeautifulSoup.
• Should be well versed in the interconnections between HTML, Javascript, and CSS.
• Candidate should feel natural exploring and writing data via Django ORM
• Any experience reverse engineering mobile apps is a huge plus

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• Must be a Python expert and be super comfortable exploring the DOM via Selenium and BeautifulSoup.
• Should be well versed in the interconnections between HTML, Javascript, and CSS.
• Candidate should feel natural exploring and writing data via Django ORM
• Any experience reverse engineering mobile apps is a huge plus

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work & US Visa sponsorship available 

Perks and Benefits 

• Competitive compensation package
• Health & Dental Insurance for employee 
• Enrichment stipend towards learning and development for your role
• Free dinner, and kitchens stocked full of snacks
• Company happy hours, social events and outings
• Transitcheck