Senior Software Engineer (Web Scraping, Data acquisition, Data collection)

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Web Scraping, Data Acquisition, and Data Collection to join our dynamic team at NIQ Digital Shelf. In this role, you will be instrumental in overcoming obstacles to data visibility, processing tens of billions of data points daily, and transforming them into actionable insights for top retailers and brands globally.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.

Requirements

• 5+ 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 interactions.
• You think independently and enjoy solving problems no one has solved before.
• Familiarity with structured storage formats (Parquet, Avro), or real-time stream processing.
• Good knowledge of databases like MongoDB, InfluxDB, and Redis, including how they work and how to optimize them.

Nice to Have

• Experience with real-device simulation for mobile scraping.
• Comfortable building and maintaining distributed task queues (Celery, Kafka, etc.).
• Experience scraping high-security platforms or mobile-first environments.
• Exposure to Linux or cloud environments (AWS, GCP, etc.).
• Basic understanding of Kubernetes, Cloud Run, and Cloud Functions to deploy and orchestrate scraping workloads.

We Offer

• Competitive salary ranging from EUR 46,000 to EUR 65,000 per year.
• Flexible working environment.
• Volunteer time off.
• LinkedIn Learning.
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP).

About the Company

At NIQ, we are the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights-delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms-NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

For more information, visit NIQ.com.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At NIQ, we are steadfast in our commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace that mirrors the rich diversity of the communities and markets we serve. We believe that embracing a wide range of perspectives drives innovation and excellence. All employment decisions at NIQ are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We invite individuals who share our dedication to inclusivity and equity to join us in making a meaningful impact. To learn more about our ongoing efforts in diversity and inclusion, please visit the Diversity and Inclusion page.

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