Description

Job Summary: Develops, maintains, and supports policies and procedures for ensuring the functionality and accuracy of the programs used to spider labor data from external sites. Relies on direction and good judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Works under general supervision.

Viable candidates must be willing to work onsite at iQuery's headquarters in Palm Harbor, Florida.

Duties And Responsibilities

Supports and documents new development of spidering robot programs (bots) to quickly and accurately extract data from external websites
Ensures all bots meet full QA standards
Ensures assigned bots are fully functional and resolves problems when they are not
Meets performance metrics as expected, with goals on a weekly and monthly basis
As experience grows will have an understanding of the bot library, spidering software, and database processing of extracted data
Know what situations require the implementation and use of a proxy
Able to maintain an average of 70 – 175 bot repairs per week with minimal QA issues (depends on experience and the mix of large/medium/small bots)
May be required to perform manual bot QA with reasonable speed and accuracy

Requirements

Work Experience / Knowledge:

Understanding of computer programming methodologies
Superior analytical skills
Able to quickly learn and adapt to new software
Basic knowledge of HTML, web technologies, and programming languages
Basic SQL knowledge
Familiar with Design Studio, Microsoft SQL Server , and Microsoft Team Foundation Server
Basic understanding of database tables directly related to Kapow software and all tables involving storage of spidered jobs
Demonstrates good comprehension of the data flow from the spidering applications through the databases to the production environment

Qualifications / Certifications

Two-year degree in computer science or equivalent work experience

Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V

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