Scraping & Automation Developer

Life is too short to work for a boring company, so why don’t you join us? We are looking for a Scraping & Automation Developer, with at least 4 years of professional experience, who has a solid technology background, using Phyton/Javascript as the main language and good problem-solving and analysis skills. Does that sounds like you?

But first, let’s break the ice!

Who we are & what we do

At Leadtech, we work hard... and play harder! Our mission is to bring forward new business ideas and empower employees to achieve their goals in the online business world.

Since 2009, we have been fostering innovative and creative techniques across many industries, making us pioneers in online project management.

Leadtech is dedicated to constant improvement and inspiring new ideas daily for the world we live in and the future to come.

If you have a creative and innovative mind, Leadtech is looking for you!

Does this still sound like your cup of tea? There’s more

Key Responsibilities

You’re our perfect candidate if you:

• Contribute to the design, architecture, and development of our products and services.
• Produce highly scalable, high-quality software in a fast-paced environment.
• Find innovative solutions to challenging problems.
• Improve performance, scalability, and availability of our internal systems.
• Create tools and processes to increase the productivity of all your co­workers.
• Diagnose and debug issues in a production environment.

Your expertise in a nutshell:

• Strong proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python or JavaScript.
• Deep knowledge of specific libraries and frameworks for web scraping and automation, such as BeautifulSoup and Scrapy in Python or Puppeteer in JavaScript.
• Proficiency in interacting with APIs and websites using HTTP requests.
• Proficiency in data cleaning and transformation for information processing.
• Proficiency in handling cookies and sessions.
• Previuos experience with PHP.
• Familiarity with automation tools and techniques, including Selenium for web browser automation and scripting tools.
• Familiarity with working with proxies and solving CAPTCHA challenges.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and skill development to stay up-to-date.
• Strong knowledge of The HTML DOM (Document Object Model) and how to interact with it
• Good knowledge of LAMP environment using Docker.
• Comfortable with SOLID principles and clean code.
• Working knowledge of source control tools (Git)
• Ability to work well under time constraints and self-learning capabilities.

Extra awesomeness scores points!

• NoSQL Databases (Redis, MongoDB, Elastic)
• Unit Testing
• Experience with AWS.
• Other scripting languages (Typescript, Ruby, Go)
• Motivation for topics like Hexagonal Architecture, DDD, TDD, CQRS.
• Front-end experience with HTML, CSS, Javascript.

Interested? Keep reading!

Some of the perks of working with us:

• Competitive salary
• Full-time, permanent contract
• Private health insurance
• 25 days of holiday + your birthday off
• Flexible vacation time (no blackout days)
• Flextime (7 - 09.30h / 15:30 - 18h)
• Free Friday afternoons (a 7-hour workday!)
• 35-hour week for the full months of July and August (free afternoons!)
• Flexibility to work from home
• Other benefits paid from the gross salary (ticket restaurant, transport tickets, nursery tickets)
• Permanent internal training + Annual budget for external training
• Team-building activities
• Free coffee and snacks
• Free fresh fruit
• Games room (Nintendo, table tennis, futbolín)
• Terrace at the office
• An innovative approach to all internal processes and businesses
• Work with the latest technologies + career progress opportunities

Sounds good? Apply now! We’re looking forward to meeting you.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:

Leadtech is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, which means we encourage applications from people with different backgrounds, interests, and personal circumstances. Our team welcomes applicants regardless of their race, gender, age, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, and/or disabilities. All we need is your high energy, skills, and willingness to be a part of a great project!

Location

Our exceptional office is in Barcelona’s Blue Building, located right on the city's seafront. Besides our stunning views, you’ll enjoy our office perks such as free fruit, snacks and coffee and you’ll also be able to take part in our Mario Kart and table tennis competitions.