diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 686ef36..cb3e032 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ services:
       SCRAPE_INTERVAL_MINUTES: "30"
       SOCKS5_PROXY: "${SOCKS5_PROXY:-}"
       PROXY_URL: "${PROXY_URL:-}"
+      PRIVADO_USER: "${PRIVADO_USER:-}"
+      PRIVADO_PASS: "${PRIVADO_PASS:-}"
     depends_on:
       db:
         condition: service_healthy
diff --git a/scraper/scrapers/jobspy_runner.py b/scraper/scrapers/jobspy_runner.py
index 62de2bc..4f16de8 100644
--- a/scraper/scrapers/jobspy_runner.py
+++ b/scraper/scrapers/jobspy_runner.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+from scrapers.proxy_manager import get_privado_proxy_list, get_random_privado_proxy
 import os
 import time
 import pandas as pd
 from typing import List, Dict, Any
 
 def get_jobspy_proxies():
-    proxy = os.getenv("SOCKS5_PROXY") or os.getenv("PROXY_URL") or os.getenv("HTTP_PROXY") or ""
-    if proxy:
-        return [proxy]
+    proxies = get_privado_proxy_list()
+    if proxies:
+        return proxies
     return None
 
 def run_jobspy_scrapes() -> List[Dict[Any, Any]]:
diff --git a/scraper/scrapers/proxy_manager.py b/scraper/scrapers/proxy_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59c66af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scraper/scrapers/proxy_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import os
+import random
+from typing import List, Dict, Optional
+
+# PrivadoVPN SOCKS5 server endpoints across US & EU
+PRIVADO_SOCKS5_HOSTS = [
+    "jfk.socks.privado.io",   # New York / JFK
+    "us-nyc.socks.privado.io", # New York City
+    "us-dal.socks.privado.io", # Dallas, TX
+    "us-chi.socks.privado.io", # Chicago, IL
+    "us-la.socks.privado.io",  # Los Angeles, CA
+    "ams.socks.privado.io",   # Amsterdam
+    "fra.socks.privado.io",   # Frankfurt
+    "lon.socks.privado.io"    # London
+]
+
+DEFAULT_PRIVADO_USER = "nhqyqsx21846"
+DEFAULT_PRIVADO_PASS = "umjy1xyucnch"
+DEFAULT_PORT = 1080
+
+def get_privado_proxy_list() -> List[str]:
+    """
+    Builds full socks5:// proxy URLs for all configured Privado servers.
+    Respects overrides from PRIVADO_USER and PRIVADO_PASS environment variables.
+    """
+    user = os.getenv("PRIVADO_USER", DEFAULT_PRIVADO_USER).strip()
+    pwd = os.getenv("PRIVADO_PASS", DEFAULT_PRIVADO_PASS).strip()
+    
+    # Also support explicit SOCKS5_PROXY or PROXY_URL list if passed as comma-separated
+    custom_proxy = os.getenv("SOCKS5_PROXY") or os.getenv("PROXY_URL") or ""
+    if custom_proxy:
+        proxies = [p.strip() for p in custom_proxy.split(",") if p.strip()]
+        if proxies:
+            return proxies
+
+    proxy_list = []
+    for host in PRIVADO_SOCKS5_HOSTS:
+        proxy_list.append(f"socks5://{user}:{pwd}@{host}:{DEFAULT_PORT}")
+    return proxy_list
+
+def get_random_privado_proxy() -> Optional[str]:
+    proxies = get_privado_proxy_list()
+    if proxies:
+        return random.choice(proxies)
+    return None
+
+def get_rotating_proxy_dict() -> Dict[str, str]:
+    proxy = get_random_privado_proxy()
+    if proxy:
+        return {"http": proxy, "https": proxy}
+    return {}
diff --git a/scraper/scrapers/smart_careers_crawler.py b/scraper/scrapers/smart_careers_crawler.py
index 1848b71..fbee87c 100644
--- a/scraper/scrapers/smart_careers_crawler.py
+++ b/scraper/scrapers/smart_careers_crawler.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from scrapers.proxy_manager import get_rotating_proxy_dict
 import os
 import requests
 import re
@@ -54,14 +55,8 @@ class SmartCareersCrawler:
             "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8"
         }
         
-        # Configure proxy if supplied in environment
-        proxy_url = os.getenv("SOCKS5_PROXY") or os.getenv("PROXY_URL") or os.getenv("HTTP_PROXY") or ""
-        self.proxies = {}
-        if proxy_url:
-            self.proxies = {
-                "http": proxy_url,
-                "https": proxy_url
-            }
+        # Configure rotating SOCKS5 proxies
+        self.proxies = get_rotating_proxy_dict()
 
     def detect_ats_from_url_or_html(self, url: str, html_text: str = "") -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[str]]:
         parsed = urlparse(url)
@@ -107,7 +102,7 @@ class SmartCareersCrawler:
         for path in COMMON_CAREER_PATHS:
             test_url = f"{base_url}{path}"
             try:
-                r = requests.get(test_url, headers=self.headers, proxies=self.proxies, timeout=5, allow_redirects=True)
+                r = requests.get(test_url, headers=self.headers, proxies=get_rotating_proxy_dict(), timeout=5, allow_redirects=True)
                 final_url = r.url
                 provider, slug = self.detect_ats_from_url_or_html(final_url, r.text if r.status_code == 200 else "")
                 if provider and slug:
@@ -116,7 +111,7 @@ class SmartCareersCrawler:
                 continue
 
         try:
-            r = requests.get(base_url, headers=self.headers, proxies=self.proxies, timeout=5, allow_redirects=True)
+            r = requests.get(base_url, headers=self.headers, proxies=get_rotating_proxy_dict(), timeout=5, allow_redirects=True)
             if r.status_code == 200:
                 provider, slug = self.detect_ats_from_url_or_html(r.url, r.text)
                 if provider and slug:
@@ -129,7 +124,7 @@ class SmartCareersCrawler:
                     if provider and slug:
                         return provider, slug, target
                     try:
-                        cr = requests.get(target, headers=self.headers, proxies=self.proxies, timeout=5, allow_redirects=True)
+                        cr = requests.get(target, headers=self.headers, proxies=get_rotating_proxy_dict(), timeout=5, allow_redirects=True)
                         provider, slug = self.detect_ats_from_url_or_html(cr.url, cr.text)
                         if provider and slug:
                             return provider, slug, cr.url
@@ -144,7 +139,7 @@ class SmartCareersCrawler:
         url = f"https://boards-api.greenhouse.io/v1/boards/{slug}/jobs?content=true"
         collected = []
         try:
-            r = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers, proxies=self.proxies, timeout=8)
+            r = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers, proxies=get_rotating_proxy_dict(), timeout=8)
             if r.status_code != 200:
                 return collected
             data = r.json()
@@ -190,7 +185,7 @@ class SmartCareersCrawler:
         url = f"https://api.lever.co/v0/postings/{slug}?mode=json"
         collected = []
         try:
-            r = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers, proxies=self.proxies, timeout=8)
+            r = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers, proxies=get_rotating_proxy_dict(), timeout=8)
             if r.status_code != 200:
                 return collected
             jobs = r.json()
@@ -236,7 +231,7 @@ class SmartCareersCrawler:
         url = f"https://api.ashbyhq.com/posting-api/job-board/{slug}"
         collected = []
         try:
-            r = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers, proxies=self.proxies, timeout=8)
+            r = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers, proxies=get_rotating_proxy_dict(), timeout=8)
             if r.status_code != 200:
                 return collected
             data = r.json()
@@ -443,7 +438,7 @@ class SmartCareersCrawler:
 
     def scrape_native_career_page(self, url: str, default_company: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         try:
-            r = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers, proxies=self.proxies, timeout=8, allow_redirects=True)
+            r = requests.get(url, headers=self.headers, proxies=get_rotating_proxy_dict(), timeout=8, allow_redirects=True)
             if r.status_code != 200:
                 return []
             html_text = r.text