Senior Software Engineer (Python)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Python): Building a large-scale data ingestion and classification system with an accent on web scraping, data processing, and search indexing. Focus on designing distributed crawling bots, optimizing high-performance data pipelines, and implementing search capabilities using ElasticSearch/OpenSearch.

Location: Must be based in Romania. Hybrid and remote models available based on proximity to office hubs; travel for company offsites is expected.

Company

hirify.global is an all-in-one, cloud-based platform helping auto repair shops optimize their operations, growth, and customer service.

What you will do

• Design and build large-scale distributed crawling bots and infrastructure capable of operating in adversarial environments.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines to extract data from web pages, APIs, and PDFs using OCR.
• Unify heterogeneous documents into a coherent data schema across varied source formats.
• Preprocess and normalize raw data for downstream classification, ML/NLP, and search indexing.
• Build APIs to expose structured, classified data via ElasticSearch/OpenSearch.
• Automate workflows using Apache Airflow and deploy solutions in Kubernetes on AWS.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in Python with a focus on building scalable crawling and scraping solutions.
• Experience with REST APIs and PDF processing (OCR, Tesseract, PyMuPDF).
• Proficiency in ElasticSearch/OpenSearch and SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Experience with React.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP.
• Must be based in Romania.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with NLP, LLMs, and ML frameworks such as Hugging Face, spaCy, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.
• Prior experience in automated document classification.
• Experience working in high-scale production environments with petabytes of data.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexibility of remote work combined with intentional in-person connection through regular team offsites.
• Competitive base salaries and generous Paid Time Off.
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match (subject to region).
• Wellness budget of up to $60/month and a $300 home office setup bonus after one year.
• Support for continuing education and professional development.