Founding Web Automation Engineer at Firecrawl (S22)
$70K - $270K  •  0.50% - 1.00%
The easiest way to extract AI ready data from the web
San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (US)
Full-time
3+ years
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. We crossed 19k GitHub stars in just 6 months and have had paying customers since day one.

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.

About the role
Skills: JavaScript, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL

Firecrawl, the top web data collection tool for AI apps, is growing uncomfortably fast. We just crossed 19k github stars in just 7.5 months We need your help architecting our web scraping and agent infrastructure.

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

You might thrive in this role if you:

  • 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

Qualifications:

  • A minimum of 3 years of experience in development
  • Proficiency with advanced web automation, including topics such as
    • Web scraping with web driver frameworks (I.E. Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium)
  • Experience with LLM agents

What Makes You a Great Fit

  • 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 meaningfully something meaningful.
  • Clear communicator: A talent for sharing information clearly and concisely with other

Candidates with an Edge:

  • Experience with advanced web automation topics, such as:
    • Rotating Proxies
    • Bot Fingerprinting
Interview Process

Thank you for your interest in joining Firecrawl! We value your time and have designed our interview process to be thorough yet respectful of your schedule. Our process consists of 2.5 hours of interviews (either in-person or via video conferencing) and a 2-3 hour take-home challenge.

Round 1 - 15 min interview to talk about your background, personal goals, and how they align with the challenges we face at Firecrawl

Round 2 - 1 hour interview to talk about your technical experience
Round 3 - 2-3 hour Take home challenge to test coding and problem-solving skills
Round 4 - 1 hour Review and culture fit interview

If it all goes well, a job offer with compensation and benefits will be sent immediately.

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