Proxy Network Engineer
Posted Dec 5, 2025 (335 days ago) · Last updated Nov 6
Posted Dec 5, 2025 (335 days ago)
Key facts
We’re hiring a Proxy Network Engineer to build proxy infrastructure from scratch and design rotation, geo targeting, and IP reputation systems. This is a greenfield role requiring deep networking skills and a drive to build robust, scalable systems from the ground up. Fully remote with equity and profit sharing.
- Field
- Software engineering
- Languages required
English
Original job ad
PROXY NETWORK ENGINEER
We are looking for an engineer who can build proxy infrastructure from scratch. Not configure existing solutions. Build. Residential networks, ISP proxies, rotation systems, session management. If you understand the difference between a high-level integration and writing a reverse proxy yourself, this role is for you.
ABOUT SEARCHAPI
SearchApi https://www.searchapi.io/ is a real-time SERP API delivering structured data from 100+ search engines and sources, including Google Search, Google Shopping, Google Jobs, Bing, Baidu, YouTube, Amazon, and many more. We power production workloads for Fortune 500 companies and fast-moving startups who need reliable search data at scale.
We're a lean, profitable, bootstrapped team. No VC pressure, no bloat. Just engineers shipping real products to real customers.
🎯 WHY JOIN US?...
About the role
Summarised by JobCrawls from the job ad above.
Requirements
- Built proxy or networking infrastructure before (not just used it)
- Deep understanding of HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS5 protocols
- Experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems
- TCP/UDP programming at socket level
Responsibilities
- Build proxy infrastructure from scratch
- Design and implement rotation systems
- Manage IP reputation and quality
- Build bandwidth reporting and metering
- Write reverse proxy systems
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- Handle multiple proxy types
- Implement geo-targeting
- Optimize for performance
- Work with networking fundamentals
- Support multiple protocols
- Understand HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 differences
- Build monitoring and health checks
- Handle IPv4 and IPv6
- You define the architecture
Skills & technologies
HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS5 ProtocolsHTTP/2HTTP/3Reverse ProxyLinux NetworkingTerraformScripting Not Required But Helpful
Benefits & perks
Recruitment process
- 45-minute interview
- Technical deep-dive
- Take-home challenge
- Meet the team
- Reference check + Offer
About SearchApi
SearchApi · 12 open roles
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| Remote - Australia | 12 |
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| Remote - Belgium | 12 |
| Remote - Brazil | 12 |
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| Remote - Canada | 12 |
| Remote - Chile | 12 |
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| Remote - Hungary | 12 |
| Remote - Iceland | 12 |
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| Remote - Japan | 12 |
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| Remote - Malaysia | 12 |
| Remote - Malta | 12 |
| Remote - Mexico | 12 |
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| Remote - North Macedonia | 12 |
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| Remote - Philippines | 12 |
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| Remote - Spain | 12 |
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| Remote - Taiwan | 12 |
| Remote - Turkey | 12 |
| Remote - United Kingdom | 12 |
| Remote - Uruguay | 12 |
| Remote - Vietnam | 12 |
| Remote - Global | 7 |
| Remote - Remote | 5 |
| Role type | Active listings |
|---|---|
| AI Integrations Engineer | 1 |
| Anti-Bot Engineer | 1 |
| Browser Engineer | 1 |
| Developer Advocate | 1 |
| Engineering Manager | 1 |
| Frontend Engineer | 1 |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 1 |
| Proxy Network Engineer | 1 |
| Ruby Engineer | 1 |
| Staff Product Engineer | 1 |
| Technical Researcher | 1 |
| YouTube Technical Content Creator | 1 |
| Role level | Active listings |
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| Mid-Level | 5 |
| Senior | 5 |
| Intern | 1 |
| Manager | 1 |