We are looking for an experienced developer to join our new data mining startup as a Co-founder / Full Stack Web Developer. Your role will primarily be to design and develop a powerful modern web application that scrape personal LinkedIn profiles and turns the data into structured json.

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We are looking for an experienced developer to join our new data mining startup as a Co-founder / Full Stack Web Developer. Your role will primarily be to design and develop a powerful modern web application that scrape personal LinkedIn profiles and turns the data into structured json.

With over 500 million users, LinkedIn is the digital Rolodex of the modern age. If you don’t have an account you should probably get one.

That’s all for the normal user of LinkedIn, which I am, and which you should be.

However, for the scraper, LinkedIn has an entirely different meaning...

Why Scrape LinkedIn?

The answer should be clear: to get all that information, and then to sell it. We already have a large list of prospective customers, within the recruiting industry, willing to pay for this data.

Minimum Requirements:

• Beginner-level experience in Python.

• Experience building front-end web sites with HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

• Experience using Git for version control.

• You are self-driven and motivated. PCandidates requires consistently meeting the deadlines, and devoting at least 10 hours per week to your work.

• You can communicate fluently and professionally in both written and spoken Norwegian and English.

• You are willing to contribute to the success of the startup, including collaborating with fellow co-workers, and giving us feedback on how we can improve.

• Speak and write Norwegian fluently.

• Read and understand the content of the following articles:

  • https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-easy-scraping-data-from-linkedin-profiles-david-craven/

  • https://phantombuster.com/blog/guides/linkedin-automation-rate-limits-2020-edition-5pFlkXZFjtku79DltwBF0M

  • https://github.com/austinoboyle/scrape-linkedin-selenium

  • https://github.com/linkedtales/scrapedin

  • https://github.com/linkedtales/scrapedin/wiki/Using-Cookies-To-Login

  • https://www.bestproxyreviews.com/how-to-scrape-linkedin-using-proxies/

    https://medium.com/gerrysabar/scraping-linkedin-profile-using-python-selenium-88cb64888cf

  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2019/09/10/linkedin-data-scraping-ruled-legal/#5f9158291b54

  • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions

  • https://developer.chrome.com/extensions

    
    

Desirable Prior Experience:

• You’ve completed an object-oriented Python programming course.

• You’ve built server-side applications in the past and know how to do it at a professional level.