Python Engineer (Web Scraping)

 Hi, we're Shake 👋 Our mission is to help companies grow with online reviews, whether 1st party (on their business) or 3rd party (on other businesses). We leverage big data to enable workflows that have never been seen before, with a software-as-a-service approach in Reviewshake and a data-as-a-service approach in Datashake.


 



 We're an established business with thousands of paying customers and a team of 20+ and are searching for a full-time remote Python Engineer to help us build out our services. You’ll be an important part of our early-stage team and work on several projects, internal frameworks, and microservices. We are looking for someone who is excited about building out game-changing technologies that are used by software engineers, data scientists, quants, and data analysts all around the world.


 



 You're a proactive, sharp, and self-motivated individual who is eager to learn and take ownership of our products. You love communicating and working with others in your team toward success, taking us from where we are now to where we want to be!


 



 Being bootstrapped (not venture-backed) and fully remote, we don’t strive for growth at all costs and are building a company that we can be proud of, and enjoy working for.


 



 Our tech stack:


 
Python, FastAPI
 
Celery
 
RabbitMQ
 
MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis
 
Github, CI/CD
 
Docker, Kubernetes
 
AWS/OVH


 



 On a typical day, you will:


 
uphold our high engineering standards and bring consistency to our product development
 
create and develop new functionalities as well as maintain existing ones
 
implement web crawlers based on ongoing requirements
 
write clean and scalable code
 
write code-reviews
 
learn best practices from other team members


 



 Requirements:


 Our ideal candidate has:


 
strong knowledge of Python (2+ years)
 
experience with high-volume web scraping and building web parsers
 
experience with Redis and queues (Celery/RabbitMQ)
 
experience building REST APIs (FastAPI)
 
good knowledge of RDBMS databases
 
fluent English and excellent communication skills


 



 Nice to have:


 
experience creating products for developers, data engineers, and/or data consumers
 
passion for writing clean code and tests
 
experience with ElasticSearch
 
experience with headless browsers
 
hands-on approach and is proactive
 
a keen eye for detail, striving for perfection


 



 Benefits


 Our team is fully remote and we communicate primarily through Slack, Linear, Notion, and a few weekly meetings via Google Meet - we believe the best work happens when given lots of uninterrupted time that's free of distractions.


 



 💰 Salary range: $24,000 - $40,000 / year (USD, gross)


 🌎  Work from anywhere


 🏖️ 26 days paid time off


 🏢 Co-work expenses covered (up to $300/m)


 📗 $500/year learning budget


 🖥️ $250 Desktop budget


 🍉 $15 Uber Eats or Vitamin booster budget


 💃 $30 Fun Budget


 🗺️ Yearly retreat in cool locations (the last one was in Thailand!)


 



 Learn more about our team and values on our company website: https://shake.io/about


 



 Interview process


 
Technical Task (done asynchronously)
 
Task review
 
Culture Fit Interview
 
Technical Interview + task feedback
 
Quick 15 minute call with our CEO
 
Selection - Once all candidates have been interviewed, the final selection is made, and candidates will be notified via email