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PortPro

Director of Software Engineering (Node.js & Web Scraping Expert)

Los Angeles, California · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 498 days ago
Node.jsSQLNoSQLPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisElasticsearchAWSGCPAzureDockerKubernetesCI/CDDevOpsKafkaRabbitMQMachine LearningSparkAirflowData ScienceComplianceAgileStakeholder ManagementSelenium

About the role

  • The ideal candidate has extensive experience in handling anti-bot measures, data pipeline optimization, and scalable cloud-based architectures.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, develop, and maintain scalable and distributed web scraping systems using Node.js.
  • Design and implement data extraction pipelines to process large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
  • Develop solutions to bypass anti-bot mechanisms, including CAPTCHA handling, session management, fingerprinting, and IP rotation.
  • Optimize scraping processes for performance, reliability, and efficiency while managing proxy services (residential, datacenter, rotating).Oversee data storage and processing strategies, ensuring high availability and consistency.
  • Collaborate with Product, DevOps, and Data Science teams to integrate extracted data into analytics and business applications.
  • Implement best practices for microservices, API integrations, and real-time data streaming.
  • Lead the transition to cloud-native, containerized, and serverless architectures for web scraping.
  • Ensure compliance with legal and ethical standards (robots.txt, GDPR, CCPA, etc.).Optimize cloud resources (AWS, GCP, or Azure) to support high-throughput scraping.
  • Manage real-time monitoring and alerting systems to detect scraping failures, IP bans, or performance bottlenecks.
  • Work closely with DevOps teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and system scalability.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5+ years in web scraping and large-scale data extraction.
  • Strong hands-on expertise in Node.js, Puppeteer, Playwright, Cheerio, Selenium, and headless browser automation.
  • Extensive experience in handling CAPTCHAs, IP rotation, session management, and anti-bot evasion techniques.
  • Deep knowledge of proxy management (residential, datacenter, rotating, and VPNs).Experience with NoSQL/SQL databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.).
  • Familiarity with data processing frameworks (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Spark, Airflow, etc.).Strong experience with CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud deployment (AWS/GCP/Azure).
  • Passion for mentorship, team development, and continuous learning.

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of browser fingerprinting and bot detection mechanisms.
  • Familiarity with enterprise-scale web crawling frameworks (Scrapy, Colly, Apify, etc.).
  • Prior leadership experience in data-driven businesses or web scraping startups.

Skills

  • Proven track record of scaling engineering teams and leading complex projects.
  • Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, especially for scraping challenges and performance bottlenecks.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

  • Foster a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and innovation.
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