Hira Arif
Lahore, Punjab
Summary
Proven Data Extraction Specialist with a track record of enhancing data processing efficiency and accuracy for clients on Upwork. Excelled in Python and problem-solving, delivering high-quality, clean data sets using libraries such as Selenium, requests, Beautiful Soup, and Scrapy. Renowned for meticulous attention to detail and the ability to meet tight deadlines in fast-paced environments.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification
Accomplishments
Scraping Projects:
- Login Protected Sites e.g: SEMrush, redtoolbox
- Puzzle Captcha (google reCaptcha v2) Protected Sites e.g: Google, claimittexas
- Real Estate & E-commerce Sites Data e.g: Zillow , ambalaza, vrbo
- Javascript / Dynamic Data Scraping e.g: Genius, Similarweb
- Static Data downloading and parsing 100 Million + rows extracted since January 26, 2022.
On-going Projects:
- Since 2023 (login-protected site), scraping on a website for clients using: 35 Remote Machines (256 GBs) | 230 IPs | 350 Threads
- 24/7 Scraping of SEMrush and Similar Web
- HTML Downloading, Parsing, and MongoDB Management
Bots:
- Youtube
- Browser Automation
Cloud Infrastructure - Linux and Windows VPS:
- Bind domain with machine
- User permissions
- Resource Management - Storage Volumes
- Cron Jobs Setup
- Database Backups and Restore
Skills
- Python Programming Language
- IPs Rotation
- Concurrent Threads
- Bypassing Captcha and Cloudflare
- Fast and Efficient Processing for Bulk Data (Using Python Advanced Data Structures)
- HTML Parsing and DOM manipulation
- Data Consistency (Free from unwanted strings and AI fillers)
- Part of Speech tagging on Millions of Tokens
- Grammatical errors checking on 20 Million lines of text
- Explicit Image tagging
- HTML to Image Conversion
Work History
Data Extraction Specialist
Upwork
Remote
01.2023 - Current
- Followed all company policies and procedures to deliver quality work.
- Collected, arranged, and input information into database system.
- Developed effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specifications.
- Frequently inspected production area to verify proper equipment operation.
- Skills: Big Data, Python (Programming Language), Web Scraping, Selenium, Data Cleaning, Beautiful Soup, Kaggle, Data Collection, PostgreSQL, Automation, Multithreaded Development, Problem Solving, Web Servers, Data Extraction
ChatGPT Prompt Writer
Local
Remote
04.2023 - 06.2023
- Niches: Education, Cooking, Lifestyle, Fitness, Entertainment, Ecommerce, SEO, technical, development, etc.
Technical Writer
Upwork
Remote
11.2022 - 02.2023
- Worked under the supervision of a senior friend of mine, Mehvish Ashiq.
- Followed company policies and editorial guidelines to craft thorough, well-written content.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Developed online tutorials and web-based training materials for software products.
- Clients: DelftStack, Java2Blog
Education
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
COMSATS University Islamabad
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan08.2025
Certification
- Introduction to Data Science, Cisco - June 2023
- Python Essentials 2, Cisco - February 2023
- Python Essentials 1, Cisco - February 2023
- Basics of Web Scraping with Beautiful Soup for Beginners, Simplilearn - February 2023
Languages
Urdu
Native language
English
Upper intermediate
B2
Timeline
ChatGPT Prompt Writer
Local
04.2023 - 06.2023
Data Extraction Specialist
Upwork
01.2023 - Current
Technical Writer
Upwork
11.2022 - 02.2023
Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering
COMSATS University Islamabad