Staff Software Engineer

Role Summary

Were looking for a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer who thrives at the intersection of automation AI and web data extraction. You will be responsible for building advanced evasion strategies to bypass anti-bot mechanisms and integrating intelligent data extraction role requires strong expertise in bot detection mitigation and modern scraping architectures along with a practical understanding of machine learning for smarter data acquisition.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a group to implement evasion techniques to bypass bot detection systems (e.g. fingerprint spoofing dynamic delays proxy rotations

• Design and maintain scalable web scraping pipelines using Puppeteer Playwright or headless browsers

• Leverage AI/ML models for intelligent parsing CAPTCHA solving and anomaly detection

• Handle large-scale data collection with distributed scraping infrastructure Monitor scraping performance detect bans and auto-recover from failure states

• Build structured outputs (e.g. JSON GraphQL feeds) from semi-structured/unstructured sources

• Collaborate with product and data science teams to shape high-quality reliable data inputs

• Ensure compliance with legal and ethical scraping practice

Required Skills & Experience

• 4 years of experience building and scaling web scraping tools

• Deep understanding of how bot detection systems work (e.g. Cloudflare Akamai hCaptcha)

• Experience with proxy management user-agent spoofing fingerprint manipulation
  Familiarity with CAPTCHA solving libraries/APIs ML-based screen parsing OCR

• Working knowledge of AI/ML for parsing or automation (e.g. Tesseract TensorFlow OpenAI APIs)

• Comfortable working with large-scale data pipelines queues (e.g. Kafka RabbitMQ) and headless fleet management

Preferred Skills

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and

• Hands-on with Puppeteer Playwright or Selenium for browser automation

• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) for scalable scraping jobs

• CI/CD and containerization (Docker Kubernetes) for deployment

• Knowledge of ethical and legal considerations around data scraping

• Contributions to open-source scraping frameworks or tools

Work Environment
At MX we utilize a hybrid work model which allows us to attract top talent provide work-life balance and increase productivity through collaboration. Our team members enjoy a balance of remote work and monthly in-person collaboration meetings. Travel expectations are about 15% and the company covers travel expenses for remote employees. Local employees are encouraged to utilize in-office time on a weekly basis. Both local and remote employees can take advantage of our incredible office space with onside perks like company-paid meals onsite massage therapist golf simulator and meditation room to name a few.

Compensation

The expected on-target earnings (OTE) which is comprised of a base salary and other forms of cash compensation such as bonus or commissions is currently $min to $mid. This pay range is just one component of MXs total rewards package. MX takes a number of factors into account when determining individual starting pay including job and level they are hired into location skillset peer compensation.

At MX we are a high-performance organization that thrives on trust and results. This role is based in Lehi Utah with flexibility for both in-office and remote work. We believe in empowering our team members to deliver exceptional outcomes while taking advantage of our incredible office space when it best supports their work. Our Utah office features onsite perks such as company-paid meals massage therapists a sports simulator gym mothers lounge and meditation room and meaningful interactions with amazing people. We encourage team members to come together in the office to collaborate kick off key projects or strategize cross-functionally fostering connection and innovation.

MX is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we never discriminate based on race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age military or veteran status status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We particularly welcome applications from veterans and military spouses. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. You may request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to