Software Developer – Web Crawling (m/w/d)

Stellenbeschreibung:

Software Developer – Web Crawling (m/w/d)

Maltego is a leading provider of intelligence software used globally by security professionals, investigators, and analysts. Our all-in-one platform empowers users to discover, visualize, and analyze complex relationships in data, enabling faster and more accurate decision‑making. Our core products—Search, Graph, Evidence, and Monitor—are trusted by law enforcement, cybersecurity teams, and corporate investigators worldwide.

Why we need you

When you join Maltego, you will become part of our new team. You will help grow a small team specialized in social‑network investigation while still working closely with the engineers and architects who brought Maltego to life. Your mission in our technology team is to bring Maltego to the next level by building a world‑class tool and infrastructure.

What to expect

Work on the most in‑depth social media crawlers used in law‑enforcement investigations around the world to fight crime by gathering indisputable evidence
Take ownership over selected social network crawling modules by implementing novel data collection procedures and reverse engineering APIs
Stay up to date with the open‑source community on how to extract relevant information from websites and social networks
Improve the automated testing suite of our crawlers
Contribute to our Django backend development or even frontend development, as well as our open‑source libraries on PyPI, if you want to expand your technical breadth

Your profile in short

Degree in computer science or similar subjects
3+ years of working experience, preferably in Python
Experience in web‑crawling using Selenium or other similar tools
Deep understanding of the overall web‑technology landscape (Ajax, GraphQL, ProtoBuf, jQuery, CORS, etc.)
Experience in the design and implementation of Web APIs, and usage of GraphQL desired
Experience in building and maintaining CI pipelines using GitLab‑CI, Jenkins or GitHub Actions
Excellent communication in English; German is a big plus
Interest in test development and clean‑code principles
Regular user of social networks and understanding of their fundamental mechanics

Why you will love Maltego

Insights into the daily operations of a fast‑growing tech scale‑up
Opportunity to quickly take over responsibility and make a direct and long‑lasting impact
Inclusive, diverse culture, where your voice and contributions matter
Supported language courses
Company pension scheme
Mental health support via .nilo (psychologists & digital tools)

We are committed to supporting diversity and inclusion in our organization. We are an equal‑opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, religion, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.

Location

Our Munich office or remotely from Germany

Required Documents / Information

Please apply with your CV and Cover Letter

About Us

Maltego is the all‑in‑one investigation platform that accelerates complex cyber and OSINT investigations from hours to minutes. The Maltego platform powers preliminary quick OSINT investigations for digital profiling with Maltego Search as well as complex link analysis for large datasets with Maltego Graph. Through Maltego Evidence and Maltego Monitor, the platform enables investigators to collect, monitor, and preserve social media intelligence in real‑time for prosecution and public safety. Whether cyber threat intelligence teams or law enforcement, Maltego equips your teams with the most essential and relevant data, with out‑of‑the‑box access to common data sources and over 100 ready‑made connectors to more. Mine, merge, and map all your essential intelligence in one place, and uncover hidden truths with Maltego!