Remote Backend Jobs

lobstr.io is a no-code scraping SaaS used by 25,000+ active users every month. We allow non-technical users to extract and automate structured data from complex websites.

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We’re looking for a full-time backend developer to join our core team and help us build, maintain, and scale our scraping infrastructure.

You’ll work closely with the founder and the product team (2 frontend devs, 1 designer, 1 content writer). This role is remote-first, async-friendly, and has a low-meeting culture.

Your mission

• Build and maintain Python scrapers
• Maintain and scale our asynchronous job pipeline (Celery + Redis)
• Improve internal tools and admin panels
• Solve scraping challenges: detection evasion, speed, modularity

Stack

• Python, Django, PostgreSQL
• Celery / Redis
• GitLab, Notion, Trello, Slack
• Remote Linux servers, VSCode, Sentry

Why join us

• 150% YoY growth ⚠️
• Public scraper roadmap (goal: +4/month)
• Profit-sharing on monthly MRR growth
• Real impact on architecture and product
• Full remote with paid time off (1 day/month)

Work culture

• 1 short dev sync per week
• 1 monthly all-hands
• You manage your schedule — we care about delivery, not hours

Trial and salary

• 3-month trial: $2,000/month
• Then: $2,500/month + MRR growth sharing (20%)
• Contract: freelance / contractor via Deel
• Possible long-term contract or CTO-track if the fit is right