Senior Crawler Developer

About us

We are International Showtimes; a global entertainment data aggregator from Berlin, Germany. We operate in 120 + markets worldwide and serve clients across the globe. Our automated algorithm connects to 25k+ entertainment websites, to aggregate rich and high-quality data. The International Showtimes team consists of 21+ smart, motivated, and friendly people. We work remotely with team members across the globe. Now we are looking for you to support us with our next growth phase in 2024.

Your Profile

• You love movies, entertainment, tech and data 
• You are open-minded, and you enjoy working with people 
• You value structure and professionalism 
• You are hands-on and proactive
• You look for a long-term commitment

You're offering these qualifications:

• You have at least 1-2 years of experience with TypeScript.
• You have strong and proven experience in web scraping including advanced techniques for bypassing CAPTCHA, Cloudflare, Akamai, and other sophisticated security measures.
• You are familiar with some of the following technologies and libraries: regular expressions, CSS, HTML, jQuery, cheerio.js, JSON parsing/format, moment.js, Node.js, and underscore.
• You understand the concepts of working with Promises, async/await, callbacks and in general with asynchronous programming.
• You are familiar with working with Postgres, MongoDB and Redis.
• You know how to work with git.
• You have a good command of English.
• You are friendly and open-minded.
• You are not fearing problems, you rather like to solve them with your unique approach.
• You are professional and reliable.

What we offer:

• A job position with a top-level monthly salary 
• Working within a friendly international team of smart, open-minded and supportive people
• A vibrant start-up culture that provides structure and clear goals 
• A great opportunity to co-create and to leverage your skills and creativity 
• Flexible working hours based on your demands 
• Opportunities to build relations, both in Germany and across Europe
• A great opportunity to develop your professional and personal skills 
• Regular feedback sessions to strengthen our alignment