Anti-Bot Engineer at SearchApi
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Investigate browser and network detection mechanisms for SearchApi’s web-data infrastructure in a remote Vietnam role.
- Location
- Remote
- Employment
- FullTime
- Work arrangement
- remote
- Technologies
- Python, Node.js, AWS
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Role overview
SearchApi seeks a specialist to diagnose why automated browser traffic is blocked by changing website protections. The role investigates browser fingerprints, network protocols and automation behaviour, then tests fixes for its search-data service. The posting lists remote work from Vietnam.
Responsibilities
- Research website bot-detection behaviour and investigate production failures in browser automation.
- Analyse browser fingerprints such as graphics, audio, fonts and navigator properties, along with TLS and HTTP protocol signals.
- Tune and test Playwright, Puppeteer and CDP-based browser configurations.
- Inspect network traffic, build internal validation tools and document findings for the team.
Qualifications
- Deep experience with Playwright, Puppeteer or Selenium internals and browser fingerprinting.
- Evidence of investigating at least one major website protection system and analysing network traffic.
- Understanding of TLS, HTTP/2 or HTTP/3, browser internals and sustained headless-browser operations is useful.
- Independent problem solving, clear English documentation and a computer science degree or equivalent technical foundation.
Technology in this role
- Python: • Ruby, Node.js, or Python for .
- Node.js: • Ruby, Node.js, or Python for .
- AWS: Listed by the employer as part of the role’s technical requirements.
- Go: 60 minutes, go deep on techniques and .
- Ruby on Rails: • Ruby on Rails familiarity is a plus (we use it for internal .
- Ruby: • Ruby, Node.js, or Python for .
- CI/CD: We ship multiple times a day with .
- Playwright: Tune and test Playwright, Puppeteer and CDP-based browser .
- Selenium: Deep experience with Playwright, Puppeteer or Selenium internals and browser .
- CAN: If you can't evaluate what AI produces, you're not ready for this .
- Rails: • Ruby on Rails familiarity is a plus (we use it for internal .
Role-specific candidate guide
Preparation notes based on the employer’s stated responsibilities and qualifications.
Understanding the scope. This Anti-Bot Engineer position at SearchApi is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “SearchApi seeks a specialist to diagnose why automated browser traffic is blocked by changing website protections. The role investigates browser fingerprints, network protocols and automation behaviour, then tests fixes…” Read that statement together with the responsibilities below to understand the likely balance between delivery, coordination and technical decision-making. The role belongs to the technical area, but that label is only a guide to the work; the employer’s own requirements remain decisive. Before applying, check the original listing for reporting lines, product or team assignment, employment terms and any details that may have changed since this copy was checked. Where this page says a fact is not specified, treat it as an open question rather than an implied promise.
What the responsibilities signal. The posting specifically names “Research website bot-detection behaviour and investigate production failures in browser automation.”; “Analyse browser fingerprints such as graphics, audio, fonts and navigator properties, along with TLS and HTTP protocol signals.”; “Tune and test Playwright, Puppeteer and CDP-based browser configurations.”. For each duty, identify a project where you performed comparable work and be ready to describe the context, your own contribution, constraints, decisions, and measurable result. Explain how you moved from the initial need to implementation, review, release or operational follow-through, where those stages apply. If the work involved other teams or users, distinguish your decisions from the group’s contribution. Avoid presenting a technology keyword as proof by itself: connect it to the problem you solved, the scale or complexity involved, and what changed after your work. The source may contain additional duties; review it directly before preparing your application.
How to read the requirements. The listed qualifications include “Deep experience with Playwright, Puppeteer or Selenium internals and browser fingerprinting.”; “Evidence of investigating at least one major website protection system and analysing network traffic.”; “Understanding of TLS, HTTP/2 or HTTP/3, browser internals and sustained headless-browser operations is useful.”. Mark each requirement as demonstrated, adjacent experience or a genuine gap, then use a concise example for the first two categories. A strong example explains what you personally owned, how you made trade-offs, how you validated the result and what you learned. If the posting specifies years of experience, language ability, certifications, location or eligibility, address those facts plainly in your CV or application rather than relying on the employer to infer them. Do not claim a qualification from exposure alone. For a requirement you do not meet, describe relevant transferable experience accurately and ask the recruiter whether it is mandatory.
Technology and working evidence. The technology terms associated with this listing are Python, Node.js, AWS. Treat this as a set of posting-derived signals, not a guarantee that every tool is used daily or that the list is complete. For each term relevant to your experience, prepare one concrete example: the system or workflow, the part you owned, the alternatives considered, and how you tested reliability, security, performance or usability as appropriate. If you have not.
Benefits
- The employer lists fully remote work, equity, profit sharing, learning across a growing SaaS product and periodic team retreats.
About SearchApi
SearchApi provides an API for structured, real-time data from web search, shopping, video and other search sources. Its posting describes a small, remote-first engineering team building a Ruby on Rails product.
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