• Leading the development of complex features and projects • Ensuring the overall quality and performance of the backend codebase • Establishing and enforcing coding standards and best practices • Leading code reviews and fostering a culture of quality • Designing and maintaining comprehensive CI/CD pipelines • Handling and resolving critical incidents and providing post-mortem analysis • Mentoring mid-level and junior developers, providing guidance and support • Driving continuous improvement initiatives for the development process and codebase

• Work with Brazil's largest industrial and retail companies • Analyze and implement corrective and enhancement (evolutionary) maintenance • Contribute to the product's evolution • Perform corrective and enhancement (evolutionary) maintenance • Participate in the development of new products • Support client migrations to new versions

• Work with an agile team to build, maintain, and optimize our client's applications. • Mentor fellow developers and help drive best practices in backend development. • Collaborate with DevOps and QA teams to build a quality-focused CI/CD pipeline. • Responsible for code reviews, testing, and delivery of high-quality, maintainable code. • Participate in an Agile environment to define, estimate, and work on user stories.

Lead Python Engineer, Data Infrastructure About AscentAI AscentAI builds intelligent software to help risk and compliance teams at financial institutions keep pace with ever-evolving global regulation. Our platform transforms complex regulatory information into clear, actionable insights enabling teams to reduce risk, increase efficiency, and stay ahead of change. We’re a small, mission-driven company pushing the boundaries of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and human-in-the-loop systems to solve some of the hardest problems in regulatory compliance. The Role We're looking for a Python Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you'll be responsible for the design and implementation of robust, large-scale web scraping platforms that power AscentAI's data infrastructure. You'll collaborate closely with other engineers and analysts to define data requirements, architect efficient pipelines, and deliver reliable, high-quality data at scale. You'll also serve as the technical expert on scraping strategy, anti-bot countermeasures, and data extraction best practices for stakeholders across engineering, data science, and product. This is a high-impact role with real ownership and visibility, offering the opportunity to influence both our technical architecture and business outcomes. What You’ll Do - Lead the design and implementation of robust, efficient, and large-scale web scraping platforms using Python and associated frameworks. - Mentor junior developers, and provide technical guidance. Conduct code reviews to ensure the delivery of high-quality, maintainable code. - Develop sophisticated strategies to handle and bypass advanced anti-bot countermeasures like CAPTCHAs, Cloudflare, and IP blocking, while ensuring all practices adhere to legal and ethical guidelines and website terms of service. - Collaborate with data analysts and data engineers to define data requirements and ensure seamless integration of scraped data into databases. - Optimize scrapers for speed, performance, and stability; set up real-time monitoring and alerting systems to quickly detect and resolve failures or site changes. - Create clear technical documentation and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment and manage expectations. Experience - 5+ years of experience in Python development, with prior experience in a leadership or senior role. - Strong programming skills and deep knowledge of Python data structures and libraries. - Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, HTTP protocols, cookies, headers, and DOM manipulation. - Experience with data cleaning, processing, and storage in various database systems like PostgreSQL. - Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. - Excellent attention to detail and data accuracy. - Effective communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams. Preferred - Experience with web scraping and data extraction. - Experience using frameworks and libraries such as Scrapy, Crawlee, Playwright, etc. - Familiarity with AWS and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). Why Join Us? - A small, collaborative, and fast-moving team where your contributions will have an outsized impact. - The chance to work on meaningful problems in regulatory technology. - Remote-first culture with flexibility and autonomy. - Recognition in the regtech space for our innovation and customer value.