Product Engineer

Firecrawl; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary that makes sense

Up to 0.05% equity

Generous PTO — 15 days, up to 24+ days

Parental leave — 12 weeks paid

Wellness stipend — $100/month

Learning & Development — $1,000/year

Team offsites

Sabbatical — 3 paid months after 4 yrs

Medical, dental, vision coverage (US)

Life & Disability insurance

Doctegrity telehealth

401(k) plan

Job summary

Firecrawl is seeking a Product Engineer to build the developer-facing features that turn messy web data into clean, actionable APIs. You’ll own features from idea to production, shipping with urgency and a focus on quality that developers love to use.

You’ll collaborate with the engineering team to shape the roadmap, balance tradeoffs, and continuously improve reliability, latency, and the overall developer experience across the platform.

Qualifications

• Built and shipped developer-facing product
• Focused on latency, docs, and API design
• Able to turn ambiguous problems into features
• Prefers shipping with measurement over excessive planning

Responsibilities

• Build and ship developer-facing product features from idea to production
• Own the reliability and quality of what you ship against a web that changes constantly
• Turn hard, ambiguous problems into clean APIs developers love to use
• Work directly with the engineering team on the roadmap and tradeoffs
• Dog-food the product, read GitHub issues, and let real developer pain drive what you build

Skills

Developer-facing product

Developer experience

Ambiguity to features

Shipping velocity

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Product Engineer

You'll build the products developers reach for when they need to turn the messy, hostile web into clean data and actions an AI can use. This is hands‑on product engineering at the core of what Firecrawl does: shipping features that thousands of developers hit every day, owning them from idea to production, and obsessing over the details that make an API a joy to build on. You'll ship real product from day one, not tickets in a backlog.

Salary Range: $210,000–$260,000/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.)

Equity Range: Up to 0.05%

Location: San Francisco, CA or Remote (Americas, UTC‑3 to UTC‑10)

Job Type: Full‑Time

Experience: 3+ years building and shipping developer‑facing product

Visa: Must already be authorized to work in the US or our eligible remote‑hire regions. We’re not able to sponsor visas right now, though that may change down the line.

What You’ll Do

• Build and ship developer‑facing product features from idea to production

• Own the reliability and quality of what you ship against a web that constantly changes and fights back

• Turn hard, ambiguous problems into clean APIs developers love to use

• Work directly with the engineering team on the roadmap and the tradeoffs behind it

• Dog‑food the product, read the GitHub issues, and let real developer pain drive what you build

What We’re Looking For

• You’ve built and shipped developer‑facing product that people actually used

• You care about developer experience like a designer cares about pixels: latency, response format, docs, the whole feel of it

• You’re comfortable owning ambiguous problems and turning them into shipped features

• You move fast and close the loop – you’d rather ship, measure, and iterate than perfect on paper

What We’re NOT Looking For

• Someone who needs a fully‑specced ticket to start

• A strong backend engineer who’s indifferent to how the product feels to use

• Someone who optimizes for process over shipping

A Note On Pace

We operate at an absurd level of urgency because the window for what we’re building won’t stay open forever. If that excites you, keep reading. If it doesn’t, no hard feelings — but this role probably isn’t for you.

Benefits & Perks

Available to all employees

• Salary that makes sense — $210,000–$260,000/year, based on impact, not tenure

• Own a piece — Up to 0.05% 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

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

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

Available to US‑based full‑time employees

• 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

• Doctegrity telehealth — Talk to a doctor from your couch

• 401(k) plan — Retirement might be a ways off but future‑you will thank you

• Pre‑tax benefits — Access to FSAs and commuter benefits (US‑only) to help your wallet out a bit

• Pet insurance — Because fur babies are family too

Available to SF‑based employees

• SF HQ perks — Snacks, drinks, team lunches, intense ping pong, and peak startup energy

• E‑Bike transportation — A loaner electric bike to get you around the city, on us