Ruby Engineer - Web Scraping (Remote)

Role Summary

• •Develop and maintain web scraping and browser automation tools at scale for 100+ search engines.
• •Fix broken parsers and build new search engine integrations under time pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• •Engage directly with customers, providing support and gathering feedback to improve the product.
• •Work on complex technical challenges including CDP internals, anti-bot evasion, concurrency, and TLS fingerprinting.
• •Participate in code reviews, documentation, and contribute across the full stack including landing pages and dashboards.

About the Company

• •SearchApi is a bootstrapped, profitable startup powering real-time search data for Fortune 500 and startups.
• •The company values transparency, remote-first, async communication, and a results-driven culture with no politics.
• •They emphasize the Rails Way and hire self-driven 'Managers of One' who take full ownership.
• •Small, lean team shipping multiple times daily with a strong focus on open source contributions.
• •Industry focus on search engine data APIs with integrations across Google, Bing, Amazon, and more.

What You Should Know

• •This role requires a high degree of autonomy; no hand-holding or detailed specs are provided.
• •Expect to rotate on customer support and communicate clearly in writing as a remote-first team.
• •The work is challenging with frequent breakages due to changing search engine layouts and anti-bot measures.
• •Opportunity to work on cutting-edge concurrency and browser automation technologies at scale.
• •Ideal for engineers who thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and want to own end-to-end product impact.

Key Required Skills