Web Automation Engineer Job at Firecrawl, San Francisco, CA

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  • Firecrawl
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

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 countrys cost of living. You can explore how we calculate this here:

Equity Range: 0.1%0.30%

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

About Firecrawl

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, weve hit millions in ARR and 50k+ 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.

Why Firecrawl
  • 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

About the Role

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

Youll 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

What Youll Do
  • 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

Who You Are
  • 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

Bonus Points
  • 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

What it Means to Join Firecrawl
  • 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.

Benefits & Perks
  • Salary that makes sense $150,000$250,000 (U.S.-based), based on impact, not tenure

  • Own a piece 0.10%0.30% equity in what youre helping build

  • Full coverage, no red tape (SF Only) Medical, dental, and vision plans that cover stuff

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

  • Take a break (seriously) Unlimited PTO, minimum of 3 weeks off

  • Gear up Get the tools you need to do your best work, no approvals circus

  • Wellness stipend Use it for the gym, therapy, or whatever keeps you human

  • SF HQ perks Snacks, drinks, lunches, and the occasional chaotic energy

  • Pet insurance (SF Only) Because fur babies are family too

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

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

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

  2. Interview (~30 min) with Alex, our AI Interviewer

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

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

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

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

  7. Decision We move fast

If youve ever wanted to own a product-critical system and build alongside founders, this is your moment. Apply now and lets talk.

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Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Work at office, Remote work,

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