Firecrawl careers

Backend Infrastructure Engineer

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) · Contract

No sponsorship$200k-$250kDetected 9 days ago

GitLLMsAgentic AI

About the role

BACKEND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER You'll work on the infrastructure that makes Firecrawl fast and reliable against a web that constantly changes and fights back.
This is deep systems work: keeping success rates high against sites with aggressive defenses, managing the proxy layer that powers reliable data collection at scale, and pushing throughput and reliability under heavy, spiky load.
When Firecrawl "just works" on a site that tries hard to stop it, that's this team.

Build and maintain the infrastructure that powers reliable data collection at scale
You'll own real infrastructure from day one, not tickets in a backlog.
One API call converts any URL into clean, LLM-ready markdown or structured data - the boring-hard problem everyone building with LLMs eventually hits, solved.
We have 147k+ GitHub stars, and developers, agents, and category-defining AI companies build on us every day.
Everyone here owns a real piece of the product and company, end to end, and runs it themselves - no hiding behind process or headcount.
you see what building at Firecrawl actually feels like, and we see how you ship.
Firecrawl is the easiest way to turn the web into data AI agents can use. One API call converts any URL into clean, LLM-ready markdown or structured data - the boring-hard problem everyone building with LLMs eventually hits, solved.
We hit 8 figures in ARR in year one and more than doubled it in year two. We have 147k+ GitHub stars, and developers, agents, and category-defining AI companies build on us every day. Growth like this is rare, and we're just getting started.
We're a small team punching far above our weight. Everyone here owns a real piece of the product and company, end to end, and runs it themselves - no hiding behind process or headcount.
This is a place for people who want to work at the frontier: an AI company building the infrastructure other AI companies run on, not one bolting AI onto an existing product.

Visa: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We're not able to sponsor visas right now, though that may change down the line.
Visa: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

$200,000-$250,000/year (Range shown is for U.S.-based employees in San Francisco, CA. Compensation outside the U.S. is adjusted fairly based on your country's cost of living.)
Salary that makes sense - $200,000-$250,000/year, based on impact, not tenure

Own a piece - Gain competitive equity in what you're helping build
Generous PTO - 15 days mandatory, anything after 24 days, just ask (holidays excluded); take the time you need to recharge
Parental leave - 12 weeks fully paid, for all parents
Wellness stipend - $100/month for the gym, therapy, massages, or whatever keeps you human
Learning & Development - Expense up to $1,000/year toward anything that helps you grow professionally
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

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
We're not able to sponsor visas right now, though that may change down the line.

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