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Research Engineer
San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) · Contract
No sponsorship$210k-$275kDetected 9 days ago
GitMachine LearningLLMsAgentic AIResearch
About the role
- Our core promise, convert any URL into clean, structured, LLM-ready data reliably, is hard to measure rigorously across millions of different websites, formats, and edge cases.
- As the systems we're measuring get more complex, the question "did that work?" gets harder, not easier.
- This isn't an eval role where you inherit a framework and run benchmarks.
Responsibilities
- Design the metrics that define what "good output" actually means across millions of sites, formats, and edge cases
- Build the pipelines and harnesses that measure quality rigorously and at scale
- Own the feedback loop from output quality back to model and product decisions
- Someone who only wants to run benchmarks someone else designed
- A pure researcher who won't build the systems, or a pure engineer who won't think about methodology
- 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
Skills
- That sounds simple.
Compensation
- $210,000-$275,000/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 - $210,000-$275,000/year (U.S.-based), based on impact, not tenure
Benefits
- 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
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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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