Senior Anti-Bot / Scraping Engineer (EU Applicants Only)
Adthena · Remote · Remote - EU ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Senior level role
- Fully remote (EU)
- Python + Playwright
- Stock options included
- Trust-based vacation
You will design and operate large-scale scraping infrastructure targeting Google and other protected platforms. The work involves reverse engineering, handling dynamic rendering, and maintaining high-throughput data pipelines. You will collaborate with data engineers and scientists to deliver trustworthy competitive insights.
What you'll do
- Design Python scraping systems for highly defended websites like Google
- Build scrapers for JavaScript-heavy pages using browser automation
- Adapt continuously to changes in page structure and anti-automation mechanisms
- Engineer extraction pipelines prioritizing data accuracy and observability
- Implement proxy and fingerprinting strategies to maximize stability
- Monitor scrape health and debug production issues rapidly
- Optimize performance, cost, and latency across the infrastructure
- Document scraping logic and operational runbooks for maintainability
What you'll need
- Strong professional experience with Python, GoLang, Rust, or JavaScript
- Deep hands-on experience scraping Google or similarly protected platforms
- Solid understanding of HTTP, TLS, cookies, headers, and redirects
- Experience with Playwright, Selenium, Puppeteer, or similar frameworks
- Strong knowledge of HTML parsing, DOM traversal, and data extraction
- Experience handling rate limiting, CAPTCHA, IP rotation, and bot detection
- Comfortable with asynchronous and concurrent scraping architectures
- Experience running scrapers at scale in cloud environments
- Strong debugging skills for complex failure modes
- Experience with headless browser fingerprinting and anti-bot evasion
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes containerisation
- Experience with distributed task systems and job queues
- Background in data quality monitoring and anomaly detection
- Experience with search, advertising, or competitive intelligence data
Stack
- Python
- GoLang
- Rust
- JavaScript
- Playwright
- Selenium
- Puppeteer
- Docker
- Kubernetes
How you'll work
- Fully remote for residents of specific EU countries
- Eligible locations include Spain, Italy, Portugal, and others listed
- Flexible work hours with full autonomy over your day
- Reporting to the Head of Engineering
- Two-stage interview process
What you get
- Stock options for all employees
- Trust-based vacation policy
- Up to 6 months paid maternity leave
- 2 months paid paternity leave
- $200 home office stipend
- $70 swag welcome gift credit
- Birthday day off
- Regular socials and volunteer days
- Bespoke training and career development plans
Hiring process
- Initial application review
- Two stages of interviews
- Start date is ASAP