About the Role
About the Role
Reporting to: Michal Gondar, Head of Engineering
Location: UK Remote
Interviews: 2 Stages
Start Date: ASAP
More info: See FAQ below, our candidate hub, or reach out to recruitment@adthena.com
What You'll Do
As an Anti-Bot Engineer, you will design, build, and operate large-scale, resilient web scraping systems, with a strong focus on Google and Google-like search environments. This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, reverse engineering, and systems reliability, and is critical to delivering accurate, timely, and trustworthy data at scale.
You will work on complex scraping problems where naïve approaches do not work, including dynamic rendering, anti-bot defences, frequent markup changes, and high-volume data collection.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain large-scale Python scraping systems that operate reliably against Google and other highly defended websites.
- Build scrapers for dynamic, JavaScript-heavy pages using browser automation and hybrid approaches.
- Continuously adapt to changes in page structure, request flows, and anti-automation mechanisms.
- Engineer robust extraction pipelines that prioritise data integrity and efficiency.
Why Join Us?
We offer the best of both worlds: the maturity and stability of a well-established company combined with the energy, agility, and impact of a scaling tech organisation.
If you’ve been hesitant about joining a typical tech company due to concerns about chaos, fragility, or volatility, Adthena is your answer.
We’re smaller than large-scale enterprises, offering more autonomy, less red tape, and accelerated growth.
Benefits
- Startup Engineering culture.
- Strong Culture: Our quarterly surveys show a 93% average approval rating for company culture, with an overall eNPS of 27.
- Award-Winning Product: US 2025 Search Awards for Best AI Search Software Innovation.
- Stock Options: Our employees do incredible work, so as we grow, everyone shares the rewards.
- Trust-Based Vacation: Take as much time off as you need, when you need it.
- Remote-First: 52% of Adthenian’s work fully remote, with others choosing Hybrid Work at our 3 Geohubs (London, Austin, Sydney).
- Flexible Work: Work how and where you do your best, with full autonomy over your day.
- Career Growth: Bespoke training and career development via "Sherpa plans” to guide your growth.
- Monthly Hackdays & Training Days.
- Family Care Package: Up to 6 months fully paid maternity leave, and 2 months paternity leave.
- Home Office Stipend: $200 for your ideal remote setup.
- Swag Welcome Gift: $70 credit to grab some merch.
- Birthday Day Off: Celebrate your special day.
- Regular Socials: Summer & Christmas parties, annual and quarterly offsites, monthly meet-ups.
- Volunteer Days: Make a difference with paid volunteer time each quarter.
Requirements
Python expertise
Strong experience in designing and maintaining Python scraping systems.
Web scraping skills
Proficiency in building scrapers for dynamic, JavaScript-heavy pages.
Data engineering
Ability to engineer robust extraction pipelines for data integrity.
Reverse engineering
Experience in tackling anti-bot defenses and dynamic rendering.
Nice to Have
Familiarity with Go for building scalable systems.
Understanding of JavaScript for browser automation.
Benefits
Stock Options
Employees share in the company's growth through stock options.
Trust-Based Vacation
Flexible vacation policy allowing employees to take time off as needed.
Remote Work
Options for fully remote or hybrid work arrangements.
Career Development
Bespoke training and career growth plans.