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Director of Software Engineering (Node.js & Web Scraping Expert)
Portpro
Remote, USA
Full-time
Senior · 5+ years experience
Remote
Discovered 1 weeks ago
Node.jsPuppeteerPlaywrightCheerioSeleniumheadless browser automation
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- Architect, develop, and maintain scalable and distributed web scraping systems using Node.js .
- Design and implement data extraction pipelines to process large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
- Develop solutions to bypass anti-bot mechanisms , including CAPTCHA handling, session management, fingerprinting, and IP rotation .
- Optimize scraping processes for performance, reliability, and efficiency while managing proxy services (residential, datacenter, rotating).Oversee data storage and processing strategies , ensuring high availability and consistency.
- Collaborate with Product, DevOps, and Data Science teams to integrate extracted data into analytics and business applications.
- Implement best practices for microservices, API integrations, and real-time data streaming .
- Lead the transition to cloud-native, containerized, and serverless architectures for web scraping.
- Ensure compliance with legal and ethical standards (robots.txt, GDPR, CCPA, etc.).Optimize cloud resources (AWS, GCP, or Azure) to support high-throughput scraping.
- Manage real-time monitoring and alerting systems to detect scraping failures, IP bans, or performance bottlenecks .
- Work closely with DevOps teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and system scalability .
- Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performance engineering team .
- Define and execute the technology roadmap , aligning with business objectives.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and innovation .
- Implement agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) to optimize project execution.
- Ensure code quality, security, and best practices across all engineering efforts.
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering , with at least 5+ years in web scraping and large-scale data extraction .
- Strong hands-on expertise in Node.js, Puppeteer, Playwright, Cheerio, Selenium, and headless browser automation .
- Extensive experience in handling CAPTCHAs, IP rotation, session management, and anti-bot evasion techniques .
- Deep knowledge of proxy management (residential, datacenter, rotating, and VPNs) .Experience with NoSQL/SQL databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.) .
- Familiarity with data processing frameworks (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Spark, Airflow, etc.) .Strong experience with CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud deployment (AWS/GCP/Azure) .
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