At NIQ Digital shelf, scraping isn't just about collecting data, it's aboutoutsmarting the obstacles that stand in the way of visibility. Every day, we processtens of billions of data points from thousands of sources, both web and mobile, and transform them into actionable insights for the world's top retailers and brands. You'll join a team of60+ scrapers , engineers, analysts, and data lovers from across the globe. As part of our scraping and R&D; team, you'll have space toexperiment, push boundaries , and bring bold ideas to life.
You'll collaborate closely withCustomer Success ,Operations , andData to ensure we extract high-quality, actionable data — fast and at scale. This isn't just a coding job. You'll need tothink like a hacker , move like an engineer, and act like an inventor Design and build distributed scraping architectures that can scale across thousands of domains. Reverse engineer APIs and mobile apps using tools likeFrida ,mitmproxy ,Charles Proxy, burp and many more.
Detect common anti-bot measures (like Java Script checks or browser behavior detection)



to build crawlers that adjust to appear more human-like. Lead technical innovation in scraping: identify edge cases, prototype new approaches, and share knowledge with the team. Set up anomaly detection and monitoring to detect blockers or failures early What You Bring 5+ years of experience withPython and large-scale scraping projects.
Deep understanding ofanti-bot technologies and how to bypass them, fingerprinting, WAFs, Java Script challenges, etc. Experience working withScrapy ,Requests ,httpx ,Selenium ,Playwright , or custom headless browser drivers. Skilled at handling proxies (residential, datacenter, rotating), session management, cookie injection, and TLS tweaking. Strong debugging skills across browser, HTTP traffic, and device-level interactions. You think independently and enjoy solving problems no one has solved before.
Familiarity with structured storage formats (Parquet, Avro), or rea

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