Founding Engineer #5 at String ( https://www.usestring.ai/ )
Core
Building the first web data platform that just works by collecting data from the web to solve issues with custom scripts, antibot blocks, and pricey infrastructure.
Role type
Founding Engineer (early-stage startup)
Builds
Web data platform infrastructure capable of scraping 50M+ pages per week
Domain
Web data collection, AI, infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Web scraping, infrastructure engineering, building scalable data pipelines, handling antibot systems, rapid prototyping
Preferred skills
Experience in early-stage startups, autonomy, speed
Technologies
Web scraping tools, infrastructure frameworks
Responsibilities
Build and maintain infrastructure to reliably scrape web pages, develop the web data platform, work with a small team of less than 10
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC
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