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Lead Python Engineer / Developer - Vice President

iCapital · Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Posted about 3 months ago · $150,000 to $180,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
iCapital's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
76% of iCapital's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at iCapital
high
211 stale, 5 reposted of 213 open
Hiring momentum
272 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from iCapital's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for iCapital.

About this role

The Lead Python Engineer and Developer will focus on designing and implementing advanced web scraping solutions using Python, Playwright, and AWS services. Responsibilities include automating interactions with complex web applications, architecting scalable scraping pipelines, and managing workflows across multiple data sources. The role also involves contributing to architectural decisions and best practices in a collaborative environment.

Our read on this posting4.0out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of iCapital as an employer.

What you need

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
  • 10+ years of experience in Python development, with a strong focus on automation and data extraction
  • Proven expertise in web scraping using tools like Playwright, Selenium, Scrapy, BeautifulSoup, and requests
  • In-depth experience handling multi-step authentication flows, including multi-factor authentication (MFA), CAPTCHA solving, and session or cookie management
  • Proficient in deploying and managing scraping workloads in AWS, particularly Lambda, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and Secrets Manager
  • Experience with asynchronous programming, headless browsers, and JavaScript-rendered content

Nice to have

  • Background in data engineering or ETL workflows
  • Exposure to Python testing frameworks and writing unit or integration tests

What you get

  • Base salary range of $150,000 to $180,000
  • Equity for all full-time employees
  • Annual performance bonus
  • Employer matched retirement plan
  • Generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling
  • Parental leave

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of team size or structure
  • The role requires significant experience in a specialized area of web scraping and automation
  • The job involves working in the office for most of the week, which may not suit all candidates

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Listed by iCapital on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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