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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 21 days iCapital's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 76% of iCapital's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at iCapital
- low 0 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
- 2026-09-17
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 Python Developer role involves designing and implementing advanced web scraping solutions using Python, Playwright, and AWS services. The developer will automate interactions with complex websites, manage multi-factor authentication flows, and build scalable scraping pipelines. Responsibilities also include contributing to architectural decisions and integrating workflows across various data sources.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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
- 5+ years of experience in Python development with a 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/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
- Solid understanding of web protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, cookies, headers) and ability to reverse-engineer network calls and authentication mechanisms
Nice to have
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and infrastructure as code (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform)
- Familiarity with data pipeline orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow or AWS Step Functions
- Prior experience scraping from secure or enterprise-level portals (e.g., financial, healthcare, legal)
- Background in data engineering or ETL workflows is a plus
- Exposure to Python testing frameworks and writing unit/integration tests
What you get
- Competitive salary
- Annual performance bonus
- Equity for all full-time employees
- 100% employer-paid health and dental insurance
- Generous paid time off (PTO)
Worth weighing
- Role requires in-office work four days a week with only one remote day (Friday)
- Focus on web scraping may limit exposure to other areas of software development
Summarised from iCapital's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by iCapital on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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