Web Scraping Engineer, MI Data

A Career with Point72’s Market Intelligence Team

Point72’s Market Intelligence team is responsible for developing proprietary research products, providing data and research management services for investment teams, to support their pursuit of superior, risk-adjusted returns. We leverage innovative alternative data sources, advanced data analytics and technologies, as well as deep fundamental research to create high-quality compliant and differentiated research. Backed by the full resources of Point72, our sector-aligned teams collaborate to solve important research problems in partnership with the Firm’s investment and compliance professionals.

What you’ll do

As a data engineer focused on web scraping, you will build solutions for processing big and unstructured data sets.. You will be responsible for extracting and ingesting data from websites, using Compliance-approved web crawling tools. Specifically, you will:

Own the creation process of these tools, services, and workflows to improve crawl/scrape analysis, reports, and data management

Be responsible for testing the data and scrape to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance

Own the process to identify and rectify any issues with breaks and scale scrapes as needed

What’s required

Solid Python and SQL knowledge

Experience orchestrating automated programs at scale

Working experience with cloud-based technologies (AWS stack)

Familiarity with Linux/UNIX, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript and Networking

Familiarity with common techniques and tools for crawling, extracting, and processing data (e.g., Requests BeautifulSoup, Selenium, Playwright, Scrapy, Pandas, Spark, etc.)

Working knowledge of version control systems and open source practices

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to understand data requests and translate non-technical problems into technical requirements

Excellent communication skills (written and spoken English)

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience

Commitment to the highest ethical standards

We take care of our people

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:

Sports card

Private life insurance

Private medical and dental care, with vision allowance

Private pension scheme

Volunteer opportunities

Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community

Business travel accident insurance

Employee assistance program

Educational assistance reimbursement

About Point72

Point72 Asset Management is a global firm led by Steven Cohen that invests in multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide. Resting on more than a quarter-century of investing experience, we seek to be the industry’s premier asset manager through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent.

Our Warsaw office gives us access to world-class talent with a reputation for excellence and innovation. We’re looking to build an office of subject-matter experts whose fresh perspectives will help evolve our infrastructure and advance the capabilities of our teams. Learn more at