Junior Backend Node.js Developer (Playwright / Puppeteer) - Public Web Automation

We are looking for a junior backend developer to help automate the collection of publicly available information from the internet. You will build Node.js automation services using Playwright/Puppeteer and improve their reliability over time. This is an internal product at our team and is not an outsourcing or outstaffing-type contract.

What you’ll do: 💼

- Implement browser automation (Playwright/Puppeteer) to gather public information;

- Build small Node.js services/scripts to schedule and run automation jobs;

- Parse and normalize extracted data into structured formats;

- Add reliability features: retries, timeouts, concurrency limits, logging;

- Participate in code reviews and keep documentation up to date;

Requirements: 🎯

- Basic Node.js backend experience (async/await, REST, error handling);

- Practical Playwright or Puppeteer experience (selectors, navigation, waits);

- Git and basic development workflow (branches, PRs);

- English level B1+ (reading docs + working communication);

Nice to have: 🤩

- PostgreSQL experience (tables, simple queries);

- AWS basics, especially SQS (queues, consumers, retries/DLQ concepts);

- Docker basics;

We offer: 🤝

- Clear onboarding with small-scoped tasks;

- Mentorship, code review, and a growth path toward mid-level automation/backend;

- Opportunity to work on systems that run large-scale automation reliably;

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,

Universium Team