Web Automation Engineer (Anti-Scraping) at Apify

• 3+ years of industry experience with Node.js/TypeScript or Python (if you are open to learning TypeScript too)
• Prior experience in web scraping or web automation
• Ability to solve unique, unprecedented challenges
• Understanding of how the web works, from HTTP protocol up to modern browser APIs to draw an SVG
• Experience in open-source development is a plus
• Experiment-driven and collaborative mindset
• Good communication skills in English

• To automate human activities on the web and proceed with our mission, we need robots that behave and act like real users, and this is where we need your help!
• You will be part of one of our 5 product teams—the team that works on Apify’s open-source tooling loved by the community.
• The team is led by Martin Adamek, co-author, and maintainer of Apify’s Crawlee and his own MikroORM framework.
• You will research existing anti-scraping services and implement new open-source libraries or internal services to overcome them by utilizing various proxy services, browser fingerprinting methods, human-like browser interaction, session management, and others.

Our tech stack

• Frontend: React.js, styled-components, Storybook, Cypress
• Backend: TypeScript/Node.js, Next.js, Express.js, Docusaurus, Jest
• Infra: AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, S3, GitHub Actions
• Monitoring: New Relic, LogDNA, Sentry, PagerDuty
• Tools: GitHub, ZenHub, Notion, GSuite
• Process: two-week sprints, code reviews, tests, automating whatever we can, deploying multiple times per day

• Space, support, and autonomy for personal growth, with a direct impact on our success
• Full-time position in Prague (Lucerna Palace) or Brno (Titanium) 🏰
• Option to work remotely 🛋️
• Flexible working hours (perfect for both night owls 🦉 and early birds 🐥)
• Nobody counts holidays as long as the work gets done 💪
• Stock options and profit sharing 💰
• We welcome pets, kids, and bikes at the office 🐕👨‍👧🚲
• Epic team buildings and offsites 🚢 with biking, canoeing, and other adventures 🪂
• Solid education and training budget, conference tickets, internal “Eat & Learn” sessions, and the possibility to work across teams 👩🏼‍💻👨🏽‍💻
• Generous hardware budget 💻
• Free lunches every day when you’re in the office 🌮🍱🍜🍕🥡
• Unlimited supply of ☕ & 🍺 and snacks
• Free entry to the wonderful Prague Zoo 🐘
• Free Multisport card 🏋
• Ping-pong, chess, PS5, lightsabers, foosball league after lunch.