NielsenIQ

Consumer Intelligence

SoftwareEngineer-WebScraping

Pune, India FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Software Engineer -Web Scraping at NielsenIQ. Skills: Web Scraping, Python, Anti-bot technologies, Distributed systems. Design distributed scraping architectures. Build distributed scraping architectures”

What You'll Achieve.

extract high-quality data; extract actionable data; extract data fast; extract data at scale

Industry & Context.

Consumer Intelligence
Problems you'll solve

solving problems no one has solved before

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Python, large-scale scraping projects, anti-bot technologies, fingerprinting, WAFs, JavaScript challenges, Scrapy, Requests, httpx, Selenium, Playwright, custom headless browser drivers, proxies, session management, cookie injection, TLS tweaking, browser debugging, HTTP traffic debugging, device-level interactions debugging, structured storage formats, Parquet, Avro, real-time stream processing, MongoDB, InfluxDB, Redis

Nice to Have

real-device simulation, distributed task queues, Celery, Kafka, high-security platforms, mobile-first environments, Linux, cloud environments, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions

What You'll Do.

Design distributed scraping architectures

Build distributed scraping architectures

Reverse engineer APIs

Reverse engineer mobile apps

Detect anti-bot measures

Lead technical innovation

Prototype new approaches

Set up anomaly detection

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with Customer Success; Collaborate with Operations; Collaborate with Data; Share knowledge with the team

Full Job Description

Mid/Sr Software Engineer- Web scraping Chennai/Pune About the Team At NIQ Digital shelf, scraping isn’t just about collecting data, it’s about outsmarting the obstacles that stand in the way of visibility. Every day, we process tens 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 of 60+ scrapers , engineers, analysts, and data lovers from across the globe. As part of our scraping and R&D team, you’ll have space to experiment, push boundaries , and bring bold ideas to life. You’ll collaborate closely with Customer Success , Operations , and Data to ensure we extract high-quality, actionable data — fast and at scale. This isn’t just a coding job. You’ll need to think like a hacker , move like an engineer, and act like an inventor. What You'll Work On * Design and build distributed scraping architectures that can scale across thousands of domains. * Reverse engineer APIs and mobile apps using tools like Frida , mitmproxy , Charles Proxy, burp and many more. * Detect common anti-bot measures (like JavaScript 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. ## Qualifications What You Bring * 2 to 10 years of experience with Python and large-scale scraping projects. * Deep understanding of anti-bot technologies and how to bypass them, fingerprinting, WAFs, JavaScript challenges, etc. * Experience working with Scrapy , 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 interactio

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