Lead Software Engineer

Company Description

At Scrapingdog, we make web scraping easy for everyone. Our suite of APIs handles millions of proxies, browsers, and CAPTCHAs to provide users with HTML of any web page in a single API call. Designed to be fast and simple to use, our tools help businesses collect data for leads, pricing, research, and more, ensuring growth and efficiency. We build strong partnerships with our clients to help them grow faster and achieve success.

Role & responsibilities

Work directly with customers

to troubleshoot issues, provide solutions, and guide them in using our APIs effectively, ensuring they see value quickly and smoothly convert into paid customers.

Design, build, and maintain

Scrapingdog’s API layer (Node.js, Express).

Optimize and scale

our MongoDB-backed data models for speed and reliability.

Implement

job queues, caching layers, and credit metering logic.

Develop CI / CD pipelines

for automated deployments.

Deploy and manage services

on DigitalOcean droplets.

Improve monitoring, observability, and fault tolerance

across our stack.

Collaborate

with infra, browser, and product teams to bring new features to life.

Evolve our architecture

to support 10x more scale and usage.

Qualifications

3+ years of experience building production-grade backend systems.

Strong expertise in

Node.js, Express, and MongoDB .

Comfortable designing APIs and working across multiple services.

Familiarity with

Redis, job queues, rate limiting, and background task processing .

A problem solver who enjoys working

autonomously

and driving projects end-to-end.

Pragmatic, fast-moving, and motivated to work on a

large-scale system .

Excellent communication skills to

interact with customers

and translate technical solutions into clear guidance.

Hands-on experience with

automation tools like n8n or similar platforms .

What you get

Opportunity to work on a high-traffic SaaS product used by 10,000+ developers

Work directly with the founding team

Flexible work environment

Performance-based bonuses