Freelance Data Scraping Engineer (Python)

About This Role

This freelance role on the Tendem project is for a Python data scraping engineer to drive specialized data scraping workflows for real-world applications. It suits a technical professional with hands-on experience in web scraping, data extraction, and processing, who can apply their expertise to deliver accurate, reliable, and high-quality results.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end data extraction workflows across complex websites, ensuring complete coverage, accuracy, and reliable delivery of structured datasets
• Leverage available tools and custom workflows to accelerate data collection, validation, and task execution while meeting defined requirements
• Ensure reliable extraction from dynamic and interactive web sources, adapting approaches as needed to handle JavaScript-rendered content and changing site behavior
• Enforce data quality standards through validation checks, cross-source consistency controls, adherence to formatting specifications, and systematic verification prior to delivery
• Scale scraping operations for large datasets using efficient batching or parallelization, monitor failures, and maintain stability against minor site structure changes

Requirements

• At least 3+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, web scraping, automation, or software development
• Strong technical foundation and practical experience with scripting, automation, and data extraction workflows
• Ability to solve non-trivial problems
• Confidence working with modern web technologies and data processing tools
• Methodical, detail-oriented approach
• Ability to work independently
• Strong experience in Python web scraping (BeautifulSoup, Selenium or similar), including dynamic content (JS, AJAX, infinite scroll) and APIs via proxies
• Proven ability to extract data from complex structures (hierarchies, archived pages, inconsistent HTML)
• Solid background in data cleaning, normalization, and validation, delivering structured datasets (CSV, JSON, Google Sheets)
• Hands-on experience with LLMs and AI frameworks to enhance automation and problem-solving
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
• Self-directed work ethic with ability to troubleshoot independently
• English proficiency: Upper-intermediate (B2) or above

Nice to have:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or related technical fields
• A link to GitHub

Important Details

• Schedule: Tasks are estimated to require around 10-20 hours per week during active phases

About the Company

Mindrift is looking for highly skilled web scraping specialists to join the Tendem project.