Automated Job Scraper
Worldwide
OVERVIEW I need an experienced Apify developer to build an automated job scraper for a niche packaging industry job board built on WordPress with WP Job Manager. The scraper needs to pull job listings from company career pages, filter them based on two different criteria depending on company type, push them to my WordPress site automatically, and run daily without any manual involvement. SCOPER OF WORK 1. APIFY SETUP - Build actors to scrape career pages from a provided list of ~100 companies - Leverage existing Apify actors where possible (many companies use Workday, Greenhouse, or Lever) - Build custom actors for companies with non-standard career pages 2. TWO-TIER FILTERING SYSTEM Tier 1 — Packaging Companies (Amcor, Sealed Air, Berry Global, Sonoco, etc.) - Scrape all jobs from these companies - Exclude only clearly irrelevant roles using a keyword exclusion list (IT, Facilities, Legal, etc.) - Everything else passes through Tier 2 — CPG Companies (P&G, Nestlé, Unilever, etc.) - Scrape only jobs matching a packaging-specific keyword inclusion list - Examples: Packaging Engineer, Packaging Manager, Packaging Developer, Packaging Sustainability, Flexible Packaging, etc. 3. WORDPRESS INTEGRATION - Push all qualifying jobs to WordPress via WP Job Manager REST API - Each listing should populate: job title, company, location, job description, apply URL, date posted - Deduplicate so the same job never posts twice - Auto-expire listings after 30 days 4. SCHEDULING - Set actors to run automatically on a daily schedule via Apify scheduler - No manual triggering required after setup DELIVERABLES - Fully functional Apify actors configured and tested - WordPress API connection working end to end - Daily schedule running automatically - Deduplication and auto-expiry working - Brief documentation so I understand how to add companies to the list going forward - Short handoff call to walk me through what was built IDEAL CANDIDATE - Prior experience building Apify scrapers - Experience with WordPress REST API or WP Job Manager specifically - Can show examples of similar work - Clear communicator — I am not technical, so plain English updates are important BUDGET: $300-500 fixed price TIMELINE: Prefer completion within 2 weeks Please include in your proposal: - Examples of scraper or job board projects you have built - Your approach to handling career pages that change or break - Estimated timeline
$300.00
Fixed-price- IntermediateExperience Level
- Remote Job
- Ongoing projectProject Type
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