• Own end-to-end design, architecture, and evolution of Subquadratic’s customer facing and backend APIs • Architect for Scale & Speed: Design and evolve the global control plane for Subquadratic’s real-time (WebSocket/gRPC) and batch APIs • Productionize ML at the Edge: Build the high-throughput inference layer that wraps our speech models • Optimize for millisecond-level cold starts and efficient GPU utilization • Reliability & Observability: implement distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry) and define strict SLOs for streaming stability (e.g., jitter, connection drop rates) • Security by Design: Lead the implementation of enterprise-grade security (API keys, OAuth2, rate limiting) and compliance controls (SOC2, data retention) for sensitive audio data • Define API standards, versioning, authentication, usage metering • Partner with Research, Product, and Infra to deliver new capabilities • Mentor engineers and set best practices for API engineering

• Develop Backend Systems • Ensure Performance, Security & Compliance • Mentor • Collaborate Cross-Functionally

• Architect & Develop Backend Systems • Ensure Performance, Security & Compliance • Manage Data Infrastructure • Lead & Mentor • Drive Technical Strategy • Collaborate Cross-Functionally • Ensure Operational Resilience

Mindrift is looking for highly skilled Python Data Scraping Engineers to join the Tendem project and drive specialized data scraping workflows within our hybrid AI + human system. In this role, as an AI Pilot – that’s how we refer to this role at Mindrift – you’ll collaborate with Tendem Agents that handle repetitive tasks, while you provide critical thinking, domain expertise, and quality control to deliver accurate and actionable results. This part-time remote opportunity is ideal for technical professionals with hands-on experience in web scraping, data extraction and processing. What We Do The Mindrift platform connects specialists with AI projects from major tech innovators. Our mission is to unlock the potential of Generative AI by tapping into real-world expertise from across the globe. About the Role This is a freelance role for a Tendem project. As a Python Data Scraping Engineer, you'll handle data scraping tasks requiring technical precision for web extraction and processing, utilizing various tools such as our provided Apify and OpenRouter alongside your own resourceful approaches. Key Responsibilities - Own end-to-end data extraction workflows across complex websites, ensuring complete coverage, accuracy, and reliable delivery of structured datasets. - Leverage internal tools (Apify, OpenRouter) alongside custom workflows to accelerate data collection, validation, and task execution while meeting defined requirements. - Ensure reliable extraction from dynamic and interactive web sources, adapting approaches as needed to handle JavaScript-rendered content and changing site behavior. - Enforce data quality standards through validation checks, cross-source consistency controls, adherence to formatting specifications, and systematic verification prior to delivery. - Scale scraping operations for large datasets using efficient batching or parallelization, monitor failures, and maintain stability against minor site structure changes. Compensation On this project, contributors can earn up to $32 per hour equivalent, depending on their level and pace of contribution. Compensation varies across projects depending on scope, complexity, and required expertise. Please note that other projects on the platform may offer different earning levels based on their requirements. How to get started Simply apply to this post, qualify, and get the chance to contribute to projects that match your technical skills, on your own schedule. From coding and automation to fine-tuning AI outputs, you’ll play a key role in advancing AI capabilities and real-world applications.