Mid-level scraping specialist (node.js based)

Imum (imum.io) is a data collection (scraping) and analytics company focused on pricing. We are a small and growing company always looking for talent. Our team lives in a learning and “get job done” environment, where teaching and learning is combined with focus on finishing our projects.

Our product has been running commercially successfully for >2 years collecting data valuable to our clients. Core engine is designed to deal with any portal, any industry and has standard interface for integrations. Easy to add new integrations within 1 day.

What you will do:

• Expanding number of integrations
• New portals to scrape
• New industries to scrape that require new data models unified
• Monitoring and maintenance of existing integrations
• Core engine improvements
• Integration interface improvements and expansion into machine learning and AI

We expect that you:

• Be comfortable with NODE (BONUS typescript knowledge/experience)
• Experience with a proxy tool, i.e. mitmproxy
• Scraping experience (a bit more in depth than using Scrapy)
• Know more efficient techniques than headless browser
• BONUS experience with mobile app scraping
• Hacky mentality - we’re a small company so these traits are very valued:
• ability to ask questions and learn from answers
• eagerness to learn about broader business context
• ability to efficiently work alone (this is a remote position after all) and keep regular communication(Slack)
• expressing opinion and objectively challenging tech decisions
• Good English

What we offer

• Work for a European company with a global reach
• Flexible working hours. Can be part-time or full time
• 2x Festive bonus of 50% of salary, annual increment – FOR FULL TIMEONLY
• Full time salary range 50.000 - 100.000 BDT, depending on your seniority and expertise level
• Work from home.