YipitData
Web Scraping Engineer - Global Team (India)
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
India only
Employer listed it 4 weeks ago · Added 4 days ago
Been open since 4 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
Not stated
Location
India only
Timezone
APAC
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Mid
Category
Data
This employer didn't state pay. Jobs like this usually pay around $110k–$200k a year, a typical range taken from 226 mid-level data roles on Nomaders that do state pay. It's a guide, not an offer.
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in India. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "India Remote, International - India"
- Job description states: "located in NYC"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
About YipitData:
YipitData is the leading market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy and recently raised up to $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation over $1B.
We analyze billions of alternative data points every day to provide accurate, detailed insights on ridesharing, e-commerce marketplaces, payments, and more. Our on-demand insights team uses proprietary technology to identify, license, clean, and analyze the data many of the world’s largest investment funds and corporations depend on.
For three years and counting, we have been recognized as one of Inc’s Best Workplaces . We are a fast-growing technology company backed by The Carlyle Group and Norwest Venture Partners. Our offices are located in NYC, Austin, Miami, Denver, Mountain View, Seattle , Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Singapore. We cultivate a people-centric culture focused on mastery, ownership, and transparency.
Why You Should Apply NOW:
High Impact: Your work will directly influence key reports and strategic decisions across multiple business units.
Exciting Challenges: Tackle the design of resilient web scrapers, navigate dynamic website structures, and optimize large-scale data extraction.
Growth Opportunities: As an early member of our expanding Web Scraping Engineering team, you will have significant input on our strategies, processes, and team culture.
About The Role:
We are seeking a Web Scraping Engineer to join our growing engineering team. In this hands-on role, you’ll take ownership of designing, building, and maintaining robust web scrapers that power critical reports and customer experiences across our organization. You will work on complex, high-impact scraping challenges and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our data ingestion processes are resilient, efficient, and scalable, while delivering high-quality data to our products and stakeholders.
As Our Web Scraping Engineer You Will:
Refactor and Maintain Web Scrapers
Overhaul existing scraping scripts to improve reliability, maintainability, and efficiency.
Implement best coding practices (clean code, modular architecture, code reviews, etc.) to ensure quality and sustainability.
Implement Advanced Scraping Techniques
Utilize sophisticated fingerprinting methods (cookies, headers, user-agent rotation, proxies) to avoid detection and blocking.
Handle dynamic content, navigate complex DOM structures, and manage session/cookie lifecycles effectively.
Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams
Work closely with analysts and other stakeholders to gather requirements, align on targets, and ensure data quality.
Provide support, documentation, and best practices to internal stakeholders to ensure effective use of our web scraped data in critical reporting workflows.
Monitor and Troubleshoot
Develop robust monitoring solutions, alerting frameworks to quickly identify and address failures.
Continuously evaluate scraper performance, proactively diagnosing bottlenecks and scaling issues.
Drive Continuous Improvement
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
Benefits
- ·Our compensation package includes comprehensive benefits, perks, and a competitive salary:
- ·We care about your personal life and we mean it. We offer vacation time, parental leave, team events, learning reimbursement, and more!
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How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at YipitData, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (APAC).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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