Anti-Bot Engineer

About the role

We are looking for an Anti‑Bot Engineer to design and implement techniques that bypass modern bot‑detection systems such as Cloudflare, Akamai, DataDome and PerimeterX. You will work on SearchApi’s real‑time SERP API, helping Fortune 500 customers obtain reliable search data at scale.

Key responsibilities

• Research, prototype and deploy anti‑bot evasion methods.
• Reverse‑engineer fingerprinting, TLS (JA3/JA4) and browser detection mechanisms.
• Configure and optimise Playwright/Puppeteer for stealth operation.
• Analyse network traffic with tools like Wireshark, Burp Suite or Proxyman to uncover blocking patterns.
• Build internal testing tools and automation pipelines.
• Document findings and share knowledge across the engineering team.
• Continuously monitor emerging bot‑detection trends and adapt solutions.

Required profile

• Passion for breaking anti‑bot systems and solving cat‑and‑mouse challenges.
• Strong debugging skills; able to spend days tracing a single blocked request.
• Ownership mindset and ability to define work based on real‑world detection failures.
• Comfort evaluating output from AI‑assisted coding tools.

Required skills

• Playwright, Puppeteer, raw Chrome DevTools Protocol.
• Programming in Ruby, Node.js and Python.
• Understanding of browser internals (Chromium, Firefox).
• Network analysis tools: Wireshark, Burp Suite, Proxyman.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Ruby on Rails (internal tools).

What we offer

• Work on cutting‑edge anti‑bot challenges that impact thousands of customers.
• Deep technical problems beyond surface‑level scraping.
• Stable, bootstrapped company serving Fortune 500 clients.
• Fast development cycles with AI‑enhanced tooling.