NielsenIQ

Retail Analytics

WebScraper

Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for mid candidates.

The Brief

“Web Scraper at NielsenIQ. Skills: Scrapy spiders, web crawling solutions, data collection, Python. Design, implement, and document robust Scrapy spiders, ensuring resilience against future website changes while maintaining existing ones. Conduct comprehensive code review and data validation to maintain the highest standards of code and data quality”

What You'll Achieve.

optimize data collection; ensuring resilience against future website changes; maintain the highest standards of code and data quality; bypass advanced anti-bot countermeasures; providing clear technical documentation

Industry & Context.

Retail Analytics
Problems you'll solve

tackling mentally-stimulating software engineering challenges

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field, At least 3 years of professional experience in software engineering, Knowledge of BeautifulSoup or Scrapy framework, Familiarity with HTML and JavaScript, with a solid understanding of single-page applications, Experience with RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs, Hands-on experience with major Python web frameworks such as Django, FastAPI, or similar, skills in Docker, Git, pandas, regular expressions, Linux, and bash scripting, Proven experience with major cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure

Nice to Have

Knowledge of the scraping framework, Scrapy is a plus, Experience with time series databases, such as InfluxDB, is advantageous

What You'll Do.

and document robust Scrapy spiders

ensuring resilience against future website changes while maintaining existing ones

Conduct comprehensive code review and data validation to maintain the highest standards of code and data quality

Leverage in-depth knowledge of the HTTP protocol

the mechanisms of modern web browsers

and our own internal tools to design sophisticated web crawling solutions that bypass advanced anti-bot countermeasures

Architect and contribute to significant new developments across multiple codebases

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

conducting training sessions for relevant teams when necessary

Full Job Description

The very rapid development of e-commerce today gives access to thousands of information. These data are difficult to exploit by companies, which then have difficulty choosing the right levers of action and measuring their impact. This is where NIQ for Digital Commerce comes in! Every day, we collect more than 60 billion pieces of information, process them and use them in innovative monitoring and action tools for professionals in the sector. Our goal: to give our customers and consumers real-time visibility into the market. Today : NIQ for Digital Commerce is a leading start-up in the ‘Retail Analytics’ sector. In full growth, particularly internationally, we are looking for new collaborators to join our fabulous team! A young but experienced, dynamic and complementary team: a resolutely start-up spirit! Real job and career opportunities A friendly atmosphere and a climate of trust that promotes autonomy and challenge! As a Python Developer within the scraping team, you will be among our talented and passionate team helping us optimize data collection! * Design, implement, and document robust Scrapy spiders, ensuring resilience against future website changes while maintaining existing ones. * Conduct comprehensive code review and data validation to maintain the highest standards of code and data quality. * Leverage in-depth knowledge of the HTTP protocol, the mechanisms of modern web browsers, and our own internal tools to design sophisticated web crawling solutions that bypass advanced anti-bot countermeasures. * Architect and contribute to significant new developments across multiple codebases, providing clear technical documentation and conducting training sessions for relevant teams when necessary. ## Qualifications * Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field. * At least 3 years of professional experience in software engineering. * Knowledge of BeautifulSoup or Scrapy framework * Familiarity with HTML and JavaScript, with a solid understanding

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