Freelance AI & Web Scraping Developer

<p>This is a remote position.</p><p><span><span class="whitespace-normal">MENA Alliances</span></span> is hiring a <b>Web Crawling & AI Lead Qualification Engineer</b> to develop a smart tool that identifies and evaluates potential business leads.<br></p><p>In this role, you will build a <b>web crawling and AI-powered lead qualification application</b> that takes a list of company websites, extracts relevant content, and uses AI to determine whether those companies are strong marketing targets for specific industry sectors (such as utilities or telecom).<br></p><p>The final deliverable should be a <b>clean, maintainable, and handover-ready product</b> that the end client can easily operate and expand.<br></p><h3><span><b>Key Responsibilities</b></span><br></h3> <ul> <li>Develop a <b>web crawling and scraping system</b> to collect relevant data from a list of websites.<br></li> <li>Extract and process meaningful content from crawled pages.<br></li> <li>Integrate <b>AI/LLM capabilities</b> to analyze website content and evaluate whether the company fits a target industry vertical.<br></li> <li>Design a <b>scoring or ranking mechanism</b> that qualifies and prioritizes leads.<br></li> <li>Produce a <b>structured output</b> containing qualified leads with clear reasoning or scoring.<br></li> <li>Deliver a <b>standalone, well-structured application</b> ready for handover to the client.<br></li> </ul> <div> <br> </div><br><h3>Requirements</h3><h3><span><b>Technical Requirements</b></span><br></h3> <ul> <li>Experience with <b>web scraping and crawling tools</b> such as BeautifulSoup, Scrapy, Playwright, Puppeteer, or similar frameworks.<br></li> <li>Strong knowledge of <b>content extraction and text analysis</b>.<br></li> <li>Hands-on experience integrating <b>AI / LLM APIs</b> (e.g., <span><span class="whitespace-normal">OpenAI</span></span>, <span><span class="whitespace-normal">Anthropic</span></span>, or open-source models).<br></li> <li>Ability to design and build <b>clean, maintainable software products</b>, not just quick prototypes.<br></li> <li>Familiarity with modern development stacks and best practices.<br></li> </ul><h3><span><b>Nice to Have</b></span><br></h3> <ul> <li>Experience in <b>lead generation, marketing technology, or sales intelligence tools</b>.<br></li> <li>Knowledge of <b>prompt engineering</b>, particularly for multilingual or non-English content.<br></li> <li>Experience building <b>end-to-end AI-powered tools or automation solutions</b>.<br></li> <li><b>German language skills</b> are a plus but not required (language support will be provided by the client).<br></li> </ul> <div> <br> </div><br><h3>Benefits</h3><li><b>Flexible working hours</b> to support a healthy work-life balance.<br></li><li><b>Remote-friendly work environment</b>.<span><br></span></li><li><b>Collaborative and supportive team culture</b>.<br></li> <div> <br> </div><br>