Senior Software Engineer - Browser Automation and Scraping - Remote

Overview

This role is part of the Keyword.com team, one of our growing brands at saas.group. At Keyword.com, we're a small team with a big mission: helping SEO pros track and boost their Google rankings. Our tool cuts through the noise, showing businesses what really matters when it comes to optimizing their digital presence. As part of saas.group, our team is scattered across Europe and looking for innovative minds to join our journey.

In Short

• Become a core member of our newly formed development team
• Design and build a cutting-edge, scalable browser automation scraper from the ground up
• Reverse-engineer web protocols and bypass anti-scraping mechanisms (CAPTCHAs, rate limits, fingerprinting)
• Optimize scraping infrastructure for speed, reliability, and stealth
• Contribute to the development of microservices APIs, and other backend systems when scraping tasks are not a priority.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend development experience, with 2+ years focused on web scraping/automation
• Expertise in Node.js (TypeScript), browser automation libraries (Playwright, Puppeteer), and stealth techniques
• Experience with proxy networks, headless browsers, and anti-detection evasion
• Good understanding of OLAP databases like ClickHouse for analytical workloads
• A “detective mindset” – you enjoy dissecting complex systems and inventing unconventional solutions
• Senior-level ownership: You plan meticulously, document thoroughly, and proactively mitigate risks

Benefits

• Ultimate flexibility: We’re 100% remote. You can work from wherever you like, whenever you like.
• Freedom and autonomy: We’re a high-trust team, and you’ll be given lots of flexibility to solve problems in your own way — with plenty of help from the team when you need it.
• Minimum bureaucracy: We don’t like to get bogged down with meetings and red tape. We like to be efficient and keep momentum steady & sustainable.
• Small & friendly team: We help each other out, have fun, and joke around.
• Our network: We are a community of entrepreneurial SaaS professionals that regularly exchange ideas, knowledge, learning and expertise with each other internally.
• Flexible time off: We want you to recharge your batteries when needed.