Upwork is hiring a Web Scraping Specialist

Web Scraping Specialist

Upwork  ·  US  ·  $17k/yr - $52k/yr
over 1 year ago

We are seeking a skilled Web Scraping Specialist to extract specific data from websites. The ideal candidate should have experience in web scraping using Python and be familiar with web scraping libraries and frameworks. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing scraping scripts and optimizing them to efficiently obtain the required data. The ability to troubleshoot and debug scraping scripts is essential. Attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills are also necessary for this role.

You would be setting us up to scrape death notices and obituary information and republishing it as a local directory for death notices. It would also need to be put into a datebase so that the information scraped from all the local funeral homes would be compiled in one area so that our staff know the dates and times of all services in the area to insure we are ready to produce product for the funeral itself.

Skills required:

- Web scraping

- Python

- Web scraping libraries and frameworks

- Script development

- Troubleshooting and debugging

- Attention to detail

- Problem-solving

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