Programmer to write a (Java) code for website-crawling and data-mining

We are a stealth-mode startup in the space of comparison shopping, much like shopzilla, overstock, etc. We are in need of a programmer to write a code for data-mining by crawling Walmart and Best Buy. The programmer can choose their own desired programming language (Java preferred). Collecting data about the products that are sold on these sites. Skills: Required: - Expert in data-mining - Experience designing and implementing complex and scalable data mining processes to sort, merge, join and aggregate large amounts of data - Strong programming skills (one or more of C/C++, java, perl, python with application to data mining) - Strong experience with server-side programming - Strong experience with information extraction from unstructured data (Phrase Extraction, Chunking, Named Entity extraction) - Solid understanding of all components of a search engine Desired: - 2+ years of experience with large data set processing and data mining