Software Engineering Intern — Web Scraping & Data Acquisition

About the role

Web scraping is at the heart of what makes Flanks work — it’s how we gather the financial data that provides our clients with a full, single‑pane picture of their assets. As a Software Engineering Intern on our Connect team, reporting to Carlos, you’ll help keep that data flowing reliably and help us improve the system over time.

• Investigate and fix bugs across our scrapers and the surrounding data pipeline.
• Solve real‑world scraping challenges such as bot and CAPTCHA detection, rate limiting, proxy rotation, dynamic content, and ever‑changing site structures.
• Spot recurring problems and propose automations to tackle them, leveraging AI solutions where appropriate.
• Write clean, maintainable, well‑documented code that your teammates will thank you for.
• Collaborate with the team on improving reliability, monitoring, and workflow processes.

• Working knowledge of Python, including the requests library.
• Familiarity with browser automation tools such as Selenium or Playwright.
• A solid understanding of how proxies work and why they matter for scraping.
• Strong coding fundamentals and an instinct for clean, readable code.
• A process‑oriented mindset — you like understanding why something breaks and how to stop it happening again, not just patching.
• Curiosity and persistence — a stubborn bug energizes you rather than frustrates you.
• An eye for innovation — you notice opportunities to improve processes.
• Fluent English to collaborate with an international team.

• Docker, Kubernetes, Git Hub Actions.
• Some JavaScript knowledge.
• Experience or curiosity with AI/LLM tools for automation.
• Personal or academic projects involving scraping or data extraction.

• A full‑time internship agreement.
• Fair compensation.
• A modern office between Sants Estació and Plaça Espanya in Barcelona with scenic views.
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work options.
• Paid day off on your birthday.
• Weekly fresh fruit, coffee, and tea on tap.
• Optional Friday happy hours after all‑hands meetings.
• Team‑building events.
• A digital canteen subsidised at 50% through Kombo.
• A yearly training budget to support continuous learning.

At Flanks, we believe in fostering diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We are an equal‑opportunity employer and welcome all applications regardless of race, religion, gender, age, or disability status.

Additionally, we have an Equality Plan in place to ensure fairness and inclusivity in all our policies and practices.