Junior Data Sourcing Engineer

About us
Dashmote is a start-up focusing on the next generation of data products powered by AI technology, with offices in Amsterdam (HQ) and Shanghai. We connect the offline and online worlds by decoding the digital footprint of locations, allowing our enterprise clients to understand the market and make smarter decisions.
Dashmote has ambitious plans in the upcoming years, and therefore, we need to make sure that we have the right people in place to put such plans into practice.
Do you want to boost your career by contributing to Dashmote’s core product, used by some of the biggest Fortune 500 companies? Then we're looking for you.

Main responsibilities

• Responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Scrapy sourcing
  project.

• Responsible for data cleaning and data extraction.

• Web page or mobile app data sourcing, data development as per
  requirements

• Ability to deliver data with quality on time

• Day-to-day communications across the team to ensure a smooth delivery.

Your background

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering or related field

• Familiar with Python; experience with SQL and NoSQL technologies is preferred

• Familiar with web sourcing principles, HTTP protocols, and understand common anti-sourcing principles

• Proficiency in requests, Scrapy, BS4, Xpath, regex, etc

• Familiar with data cleansing, and able to use Pandas for data processing

• Understand version control tools (e.g. git) and database management systems (Mysql)

• Proficiency in English is preferred

• Familiarity with mobile app data sourcing is preferred

• Willing to learn and master new skills in a short period

• Can independently solve the problems encountered in development

What’s in it for you?

• Great office location right in the city center of Shanghai

• Dashmote Flex: a mix of working from home and the office + 20 days of working remotely (anywhere in the world!)

• Market-competitive holiday policy

• Company Laptop

• Referral Bonus

• Annual learning budget

• Annual health check

• Working for a company that was awarded the best B2B startup in Europe by Google, McKinsey, and Rocket Internet

• Working within an international team that truly values your contribution

• An awesome culture of responsibility and the freedom to turn your ambition into reality, regardless of your role and level

• Exciting work atmosphere with no shortage of fun team events, gatherings, and snacks both in person and online

If this sounds like a match, we would love to hear from you!