Back end Software Engineer (web scraping/data acquisition)

• Must have 10 years of Software Development experience

• Must have 2+ years of experience with TypeScript/NodeJS and deep understanding of writing well-typed, object-oriented code

• Must have experience running container based applications (Docker, Docker Compose)

• Must have 2+ years experience leveraging HTTP knowledge and client skills, e.g. got, cURL, axios * Must be highly proficient in unit testing methodologies, e.g. with Jest or Vitest

• Must have hands on experience coding applications that run and reside on AWS hosted solutions

Related Qualifications

• Experience with Dependency Injection/DI containers

• Knowledge about best practices relative to end-to-end testing with e.g. Playwright, Puppeteer, Cypress, Selenium

• Experience with Redis/Elasticache

• Experience with DynamoDB

• Broad Linux knowledge

• Hands on experience setting up Monitoring/observability platforms, e.g. Datadog, New Relic

• Must be familiar with using LLMs to increase engineering velocity while still maintaining high coding standards and developer-friendly code

Nice to haves

• Experience with man-in-the-middle techniques (Proxyman, HTTP Toolkit, Wireshark), reverse engineering, understanding decompiled code

• Understanding of fingerprinting techniques (browser, OS, networking stack, etc.) * Work experience running applications on ECS/EKS

• Has utilized and written Serverless functions (Lambda)

• Knowledgeable about Queueing systems, e.g. SQS, BullMQ

• Familiar with GitHub Actions

• Has experience with Domain Driven Design/Clean Architecture

• Has experience with Java/Android Studio

• Worked with Front end frameworks, e.g. React, Vue

• Has hand rolled infrastructure as code, e.g. CDK, SAM, CloudFormation, Terraform

Education

• Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in a software engineering role

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science or commensurate experience

Core Qualifications

• Assist team members with problem-solving complex use cases and systems; while leading technical change and transformation in parallel.

• Must be passionate about creating solutions, and solving problems - in the right way, at the right time, and for the right reasons.

• Must be teachable, give and receive feedback, and demonstrate success in their discipline on a consistent and transparent basis.

• Must be able to work on a team whose work is not cookie-cutter. Creative solutions are always needed, and there aren’t straightforward answers to every question. Everyone on the team needs to be a confident, motivated self-starter who can work through difficult problems.