Founding Web Automation Engineer at Firecrawl (S22)
$100K - $150K  •  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
About the role
Skills: JavaScript, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL

Firecrawl, the top web data collection tool for AI apps, is growing fast. We need your help to architect of 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.

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

Our Core Values:

  • Show respect: We value the golden rule, treating others with the utmost respect.
  • Built to learn: Our team thrives on learning from surprises and challenges.
  • Bias for action: We encourage taking necessary actions and decisions, even with incomplete information.
  • Act like an owner: Treat Firecrawl like your own.
  • Hacker mindset: Problem-solving is in our DNA; we value creative solutions and ingenuity.

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, Puppetear, Selenium)
    • LLM Agents

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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