Software Engineer (Web Scraping)

Are you a Software Engineer with web scraping experience looking to join one of the most prestigious buy-side quantitative hedge funds in the world here in New York City

My client has a growing team supporting one of their trading teams that is urgently looking for a software engineer who is excited about data and has excellent web scraping experience.

This is a role I am exclusively recruiting for. If you are ready to move into the world of quantitative finance and are available to start soon then this is the role for you.

Compensation

$200000 - $400000 Total Compensation depending on level of experience.

Fully covered Medical Dental and Vision Insurance.

Tuition and Student Loan reimbursement.

Excellent 401(k) matching program.

Relocation is fully covered.

Whats the Job

Design and maintain scalable production-quality data collection pipelines targeting dynamic JavaScript-rich web applications leveraging both browser automation and HTTP-based extraction while ensuring accuracy throughput and respectful crawling practices.

Analyze network traffic and application behavior to extract data reliably and respond quickly to upstream site changes.

Take full ownership of data integrity end-to-end including validation anomaly detection and ongoing monitoring for freshness and completeness.

Partner with quantitative researchers to scope dataset requirements covering content coverage latency and QA standards and deliver well-documented reusable deliverables.

Stay current with emerging tools and frameworks championing targeted improvements that demonstrably enhance reliability data quality and long-term maintainability.

Qualifications

Proven track record of developing and maintaining production-grade web scrapers and crawlers using tools such as Playwright Selenium and/or direct HTTP extraction and parsing techniques.

Excellent Python experience.

Hands-on experience designing robust data pipelines including orchestration monitoring and alerting and automated workflows for quality assurance and failure recovery.

Location

This role is located in New York City five days a week.

Who Are They

My client is one of the most sought-after quantitative finance firms in the world to work for. They offer many opportunities for growth learning and career advancement. They are also well-known for stability and consistent performance in the industry.

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