Python Developer (OSINT & AI-Powered Parsing)

May 13, 2026

We are a global OSINT company headquartered in the US, empowering investigators and security professionals with cutting-edge AI-powered products. Our technology collects and analyzes massive volumes of data from open sources – including social media, messengers, and the dark web – to create a comprehensive picture for data-driven investigations and decision-making. Our customers include S&P 500 companies and law enforcement agencies in 80+ countries worldwide. Social Links is scaling rapidly, growing 2x annually, with the ambition of becoming a unicorn valued at $1B+. We are looking for a Middle Python Developer to join our Core team and take ownership of data-collection services that sit at the heart of our platform. You will design, build, and maintain parsers and OSINT pipelines that combine classical scraping techniques with modern LLM-based extraction. Your Tasks Will Be <ul> <li>Researching new data sources and designing collection strategies for them</li> <li>Developing and supporting parsing services across web, mobile, and API targets</li> <li>Reverse-engineering web and mobile applications and their APIs to enable reliable data collection</li> <li>Building anti-bot bypass logic and resilient request pipelines</li> <li>Using LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) to extract and structure unstructured data</li> <li>Performing code review, refactoring, and writing technical documentation</li> <li>Owning a defined area of services end-to-end, from research to production</li> </ul> What We’re Looking For <ul> <li>Python: 3+ years of commercial development, strong OOP fundamentals</li> <li>Web frameworks: 2+ years with FastAPI and/or Flask; solid grasp of REST and GraphQL</li> <li>Async & background jobs: Celery in production</li> <li>Web scraping: Hands-on experience with BeautifulSoup, Scrapy, and Playwright (or similar headless tooling)</li> <li>Web & API reverse engineering: Comfortable inspecting web traffic, replaying and reconstructing private API calls</li> <li>OSINT: Practical experience applying OSINT methodologies and tools</li> <li>Anti-bot bypass: Real-world experience defeating anti-bot and anti-scraping protections</li> <li>Networking: Deep understanding of the HTTP protocol; confident with regular expressions</li> <li>AI for data extraction: Production experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini) and prompt engineering for extracting and structuring data</li> <li>AI-assisted parser development: Practical experience using LLMs to design, write, and accelerate the development of parsers themselves</li> <li>Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch); confident with ORMs</li> <li>Testing: Pytest, unit and integration testing as a habit</li> <li>Russian: Advanced level or higher</li> <li>English: B1 or higher</li> </ul> Nice To Haves <ul> <li>Mobile app reverse engineering experience (Android/iOS traffic interception, deobfuscation, etc.)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Computer vision experience for image-based data analysis</li> <li>Working knowledge of additional languages: Go, PHP, JavaScript/TypeScript</li> <li>Docker and Docker Compose in daily workflow</li> <li>CI/CD with GitLab CI or GitHub Actions</li> <li>Kubernetes for service deployment and orchestration</li> </ul> What We Offer <ul> <li>Remote-first setup: work from anywhere in the world (excluding Russia and Belarus)</li> <li>Ownership of meaningful services from day one and a clear path to grow into a Lead role</li> <li>Work on a fast-growing, internationally recognized product used by law enforcement and Fortune 500 companies</li> <li>A collaborative team environment where your work has direct, visible impact on the product</li> <li>Modern tech stack with active use of LLMs, headless browsers, and reverse-engineering tooling in production</li> </ul> We are an equal-opportunity employer and are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all candidates.

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