Senior Software Engineer - Scraping

Posted 19 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
7+ Years Experience
Fintech • News + Entertainment • Software • Database • Financial Services
The Role
The Senior Software Engineer will lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable web scraping solutions, mentor developers, and ensure adherence to best practices and engineering principles. Tasks include driving technical decisions, enhancing service reliability, staying updated with industry trends, and identifying process improvements.
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Reorg

Reorg is a leading global provider of credit intelligence, data, and analytics. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge fund, investment banking, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Reorg to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets. For more information, visit: www.reorg.com

Working at Reorg

Reorg hires growth-minded innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and culture. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Reorg employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, PTO, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, pet-friendly offices (US only), and much more. 
Role

Reorg is looking for a Senior Engineer/Tech Lead to drive and own our web scraping initiatives. This role will lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable scraping solutions as part of our data technology team. The ideal candidate is an expert Python developer with strong experience in web scraping and related technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Demonstrate a track record of effective technical leadership and hands-on technical mentorship to developers.
  • Lead the design and development of web scraping applications and services, ensuring they are scalable, efficient, and meet performance requirements.
  • Drive technical decisions, ensuring that best practices in web scraping, data extraction, and management are followed.
  • Provide leadership in applying design patterns and adhering to SOLID engineering principles, with a focus on reusability, modularity, scalability, and fault tolerance.
  • Utilize hands-on experience to design, build, and support web scraping solutions, particularly using Python and relevant libraries (e.g., Scrapy).
  • Promote a culture of continuous improvement and high-quality code delivery.
  • Partner with the broader technology leadership team to ensure service reliability through testing and release procedures.
  • Stay current with industry trends in web scraping, data technologies, and emerging tools.
  • Identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement in web scraping.
  • Ensure compliance with security and firmwide architecture standards in web scraping activities.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of technical design patterns and SOLID engineering principles.
  • Expertise in Python development, particularly with web scraping libraries like Scrapy/Beautiful Soup.
  • Proven experience in developing and maintaining large-scale web scraping solutions.
  • Familiarity with C#/.NET technologies is a strong plus.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude.
  • At least 6+ years of experience with Python and relevant data scraping tools.
  • Experience mentoring engineering teams, particularly in the context of data extraction and scraping projects.
  • Strong understanding of API design principles and best practices, especially as they relate to scraped data.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) for scalable scraping solutions.
  • Experience with software development lifecycle tools such as JIRA, Confluence, GitHub, etc.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.


At Reorg, we consider a range of factors in connection with compensation decisions, including experience, skills, location, and our business needs and limitations. As a result, compensation may vary within and across similar roles and positions. Please note that the salary range information below is a good faith estimate for this position and actual compensation for any individual may fall outside this range if warranted by the circumstances applicable to that individual. If we identify a role that would be suitable for a broader range of skills and experience such that we would consider hiring at multiple levels then the range listed below may reflect that breadth.

The salary range estimate for this position is $160,000-$185,000. 

The actual compensation will be at Reorg’s sole discretion and will be determined by the aforementioned and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.



Equal Employment Opportunity

Reorg is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all individuals are valued, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that diversity enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to innovate and succeed.

Top Skills

Python
The Company
HQ: New York, NY
560 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Founded in 2013, Reorg has fundamentally changed the way financial and legal professionals access complex and opaque business information.

Our unique editorial team combines reporting with financial and legal analysis to provide a holistic view of topical situations and delivers that view in real time through our proprietary platform, which is powered by machine learning and natural language processing applications.

Today, with offices on three continents, Reorg serves 26,000 professionals across the world’s leading hedge funds, asset managers, investment banks, law firms and financial advisors so they can make better business, investment and advisory decisions. Our vision is to be the best-in-class provider of complex and opaque credit information delivered in a clear, actionable way.

Why Work With Us

Reorg hires innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and our incredible corporate culture alike. Our core values define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Reorg employees enjoy competitive health benefits, matched 401k and pension plans, and educational reimbursements for career development.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Reorg has adopted a hybrid working policy. For non-remote employees located within a reasonable commuting distance to one of our offices, the requirement is to work from the office at least 2 days per week.

Typical time on-site: 2 days a week
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