Web Scraping Specialist - Remote

Overview

Wynd Labs is an early-stage startup that is on a mission to make public web data accessible for AI through contributions to Grass.

In Short

• Seeking a Web Scraping Specialist with significant experience in data extraction and web scraping techniques.
• Join a small, specialized team focused on optimizing scraping processes.
• Demonstrated ability to extract data from complex websites with minimal supervision.
• Proficiency in Python or JavaScript, with strong skills in libraries like BeautifulSoup, Scrapy, or Selenium.
• Knowledge of asynchronous programming, multithreading, and distributed scraping.
• Experience with NoSQL databases and machine learning algorithms.
• Active participation in open-source projects related to web scraping.
• Write, test, and refine code for data extraction from online sources.
• Monitor scraping processes and resolve issues to maintain data flow.
• Opportunity to work at the forefront of developing a web-scale crawler.

Requirements

• Portfolio or examples of past web scraping projects.
• Strong skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the Document Object Model (DOM).
• Experience with cloud services for deploying scraping jobs at scale.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Opportunity for growth and learning in a well-capitalized startup.
• Culture prioritizing low ego and high output.