Web Automation Engineer

Salary Range: $150,000–$300,000/year (Range shown is for U.S.-based employees. Compensation outside the U.S. is adjusted fairly based on your country’s cost of living. You can explore how we calculate this here: https://www.firecrawl.dev/careers/compensation.)

Equity Range: Up to 0.15%

Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) OR Remote

Job Type: Full-Time (SF) OR Contract (Remote)

Experience: 3+ years

Visa: US Citizenship/Visa required for SF; N/A for Remote

Firecrawl is the easiest way to extract data from the web. Developers use us to reliably convert URLs into LLM-ready markdown or structured data with a single API call. In just a year, we’ve hit millions in ARR and 60k+ GitHub stars by building the fastest way for developers to get LLM-ready data.

Previously, we built Mendable, one of the first commercially available “chat with your data” applications. We sold to companies like MongoDB, Coinbase, Snapchat, and more. To do this, we spent a surprising amount of time building reliable infrastructure for getting clean data from the web. When we started to see our founding friends rebuilding the same thing, we thought we might be on to something.

• Technical ownership – Lead critical browser technology and infrastructure

• Real impact – Directly shape how our browser stack drives our entire product

• High velocity – Rapid iteration and deployment of your work

• Small team, big ambition – Collaborate closely with founders, influencing key decisions and future directions

In just a year, we’ve hit millions in ARR and 50k+ GitHub stars by building the fastest way for developers to get LLM-ready data. We’re a small, fast-moving team building essential tools for the AI era. We value autonomy, clarity, and shipping fast.

You’ll work closely with the founders to implement and experiment with new techniques on the cutting edge of browser automation. You will experiment with applying SOTA and open**-**source models to generalize web extraction at scale, along with building better libraries and tools to help AI interact with the web

• Bring a minimum of 3 years of experience in development

• Show proficiency with advanced web automation, including topics such as

  • Web scraping with web driver frameworks

• Bring your experience with LLM agents

• Curious: You experiment and have the execution skills to iterate and learn rapidly.

• Resourceful Problem-Solver: You take initiative and find solutions independently.

• Startup Passion: You thrive in small teams without the structure of a more mature organization. You love a scrappy, do-what-works, no-BS environment with tremendous growth potential.

• Ambitious and Hungry: Eager to learn, grow, and contribute something meaningful.

• Clear communicator: A talent for sharing information clearly and concisely with others

• Have a deep understanding of headless browsers and web scraping.

• Are fascinated by AI and demonstrate this through experience with AI side projects.

• Are you looking for a challenge to pour your passion into

• Experience with advanced web automation topics, such as:

  • Rotating Proxies

  • Bot Fingerprinting

• High Leverage — Your processes directly amplify our growth.

• Autonomy — Own your domain; we care about outcomes, not hours.

• Remote-First Culture — Work at our new SF office, while collaborating with our remote team.

• Growth Opportunity — Early equity and a role that scales with the company.

• Creative Freedom — Experiment with new channels, formats, and automations. If it works, we run with it.

• Salary that makes sense — $150,000-300,000/year (U.S.-based), based on impact, not tenure

• Own a piece — Up to 0.15% equity in what you're helping build

• Unlimited PTO — Minimum 3 weeks off encouraged; take the time you need to recharge

• Parental leave — 12 weeks fully paid, for moms and dads

• Wellness stipend — $100/month for the gym, therapy, massages, or whatever keeps you human

• Learning & Development - Expense up to $150/year toward anything that helps you grow professionally

• Team offsites — A change of scenery, minus the trust falls

• Sabbatical — 3 paid months off after 4 years, do something fun and new

• Full coverage, no red tape — Medical, dental, and vision (100% for employees, 50% for spouse/kids) — no weird loopholes, just care that works

• Life & Disability insurance — Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance — coverage for life's curveballs

• Supplemental options — Optional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and voluntary life insurance for extra peace of mind

• Doctegrity telehealth — Talk to a doctor from your couch

• 401(k) plan — Retirement might be a ways off, but future-you will thank you

• Pre-tax benefits — Access to FSAs and commuter benefits to help your wallet out a bit

• Pet insurance — Because fur babies are family too

• SF HQ perks — Snacks, drinks, team lunches, and the occasional burst of chaotic startup energy

1. Application Review – Send us your stuff, and a quick note on why you're excited

2. Intro Chat (~25 min) – Quick alignment call with a team member

3. Technical Interview (~1 hr) – Chat about your technical experience

4. Chat with Founders (~30 min) - Chat with the founders of our team

5. Paid Work Trial (1 -2 weeks) – Work on real stuff

6. Decision – We move fast

If you’ve ever wanted to own a product-critical system and build alongside founders, this is your moment.

👉 Apply now and let’s talk.