Senior Data Acquisition & Automation Specialist
The Research & Insights team is a highly specialised data unit within Better Collective's Paid Media organisation. It focuses on advanced market intelligence, turning competitive signals into proprietary data products and automated pipelines. These insights give internal performance marketing and commercial teams a definitive edge.
Operating at the intersection of data extraction, advanced automation, and AI, the team replaces manual workflows with high-velocity data collection infrastructure to map the competitive landscape in real time.
Better Collective is looking for a Senior Data Acquisition & Automation Specialist to initially take hands-on ownership of its data collection engines, extraction infrastructure, and automation pipelines. This is a highly proactive role with a designated path to leadership. The specialist will work closely with the Head of Research & Insights, translating strategic research opportunities and initial data discoveries into robust, automated data pipelines.
While the specialist will begin as a hands-on senior individual contributor, they will immediately draft a roadmap to hire and scale a high-performing team of data extraction and automation specialists within the near future, subsequently transitioning into the formal Team Lead role. This role requires a structured, analytical mindset combined with the vision to integrate AI agents that streamline and automate traditional analytical processes.
- Build, automate, and maintain the flow of data from the outside world into internal systems, scaling initial research prototypes into stable, scheduled data pipelines.
- Architect data collection solutions that leverage APIs, as well as scalable web scraping (using Python, Octoparse, Firecrawl, or alike) to effectively extract data from complex external sources.
- Design prompt pipelines and connect LLM APIs within automation flows (e.g., n8n) to automatically clean, parse, and analyse raw data, effectively automating core analytical functions.
- Ensure data is structured, categorised, and handed off cleanly, collaborating with internal database experts to ensure seamless ingestion into main databases.
- Implement alerting, heartbeats, and health checks across all extraction infrastructure to ensure immediate detection and fast recovery when external sources or APIs change.
- Define the future structure of the unit upon joining; lead the recruitment, onboarding, and scaling of the team within the near future to step into the potential Team Lead role.
- Initially drive a high-velocity technical workflow, while setting the foundational agile processes, structured testing sprints, and clean documentation standards required to manage a future team.
- Proven extensive experience in harvesting data via REST APIs and scalable web scraping, demonstrating technical proficiency in Python, Selenium, or similar (required).
- High-level expertise in No-Code/Low-Code platforms (ideally n8n or Make.com) and the technical comfort to architect and orchestrate sophisticated automated data flows (required).
- Hands-on experience integrating LLM APIs and prompt engineering into agentic workflows to efficiently process and analyse unstructured competitive insights (preferred).
- Solid grasp of databases and data structures; collaboration with internal experts for deep architectural ingestion is expected (required).
- A background in digital marketing infrastructure, including tracking links, redirect chains, and ad libraries, is highly advantageous (nice-to-have).
- Readiness to transition into a formal leadership role in the near term, bringing calm, architectural logic and technical structure to high-velocity research requests (required).
- Tool-agnostic mindset that prioritises speed-to-impact and agile execution, selecting the most effective tool for the task (required).
- Private health insurance
- Sick leave 100% paid
- Canteen with free meals and drinks
- Flexible working hours
- Additional vacation days after two years in the company
- Up-to-date equipment
- Entertainment facilities in a modern office right in the city center
- Occasional work from home options
Better Collective is a digital sports media group operating a "House of Brands" of sports media, betting media and esports communities. Founded in Denmark in 2004 and headquartered in Copenhagen, it remains led by its original founders and has grown through acquisitions into a leading global sports media business with offices in more than 20 locations. Its brands - including HLTV, FUTBIN, Action Network, VegasInsider and the Latam-focused Futbol Sites network - engage a sports audience of over 450 million visits per month through news, video, podcasts and expert analysis. The group earns revenue primarily through performance marketing for sportsbooks, alongside advertising, subscriptions and partnerships. Better Collective is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.