We are seeking a
Director of Software Engineering
with deep expertise in
Node.js development
and
large-scale web scraping
. This role will lead the
engineering team
, designing and optimizing
high-performance, distributed web scraping systems
. The ideal candidate has
extensive experience in handling anti-bot measures, data pipeline optimization, and scalable cloud-based architectures
.
Key Responsibilities- Software Engineering & Web Scraping Leadership:
- 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.
Key Responsibilities- Scalability, Security & DevOps:
- 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.
Key Repsonsibilities- Engineering Team Management & Strategy:
- Lead, mentor, and grow a .