Hybrid Senior Backend Engineer – Proxy and Unblocking

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About the role

  • Senior Backend Engineer working on proxy infrastructure and unblocking at Apify, enhancing anti-bot strategies and contributing to open-source libraries.

Responsibilities

  • Building robots that behave and act like real users to automate human activities on the web
  • Working in a small cross-functional team with other experienced hackers
  • Expanding the capabilities of Apify Proxy, adding more protocols and more underlying providers, and implementing internal unblocking capabilities
  • Researching existing anti-scraping services and implementing new internal services to overcome them by utilizing various browser fingerprinting methods, human-like browser interaction, session management, and others
  • Contributing to proxy-chain and impit, our open-source libraries for proxy handling and request impersonation.

Requirements

  • A strong technical background or great professional track record (we're looking for exceptional candidates, no matter the seniority)
  • 2+ years of industry experience building proxy, fingerprinting, or unblocking services
  • Strong skills in developing and debugging with TypeScript/Node.js, or equivalent skills in another language and the ability to learn quickly
  • Familiarity with Linux
  • Experience with AWS, other public clouds, or any technology mentioned above (nice to have)
  • An experiment-driven and collaborative mindset
  • Good communication skills in English.

Benefits

  • Space, support, and autonomy for personal growth, with a direct impact on our success
  • Full-time position in Prague (Lucerna Palace) or Brno (Titanium)
  • Option to work remotely
  • Flexible working hours (perfect for both night owls and early birds)
  • Nobody counts holidays as long as the work gets done
  • Stock options and profit sharing
  • We welcome pets, kids, and bikes at the office
  • Epic team buildings and offsites with biking, canoeing, and other adventures
  • Solid education and training budget, conference tickets, internal “Eat & Learn” sessions, and the possibility to work across teams
  • Generous hardware budget
  • Free lunches every day when you’re in the office
  • Unlimited supply of coffee and beer and snacks
  • Free entry to the wonderful Prague Zoo
  • Free Multisport card
  • Ping-pong, chess, PS5, lightsabers, foosball league after lunch.

Job title

Senior Backend Engineer – Proxy and Unblocking

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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