Developer Experience Engineer

Developer Experience Engineer

Salary Range: $130,000–$170,000/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 0.10%

Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) OR Remote

Job Type: Full-Time (SF) OR Contract (Remote)

Experience: 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. In just a year, we’ve hit millions in ARR and 70k+ GitHub stars by building the fastest way for developers to get LLM-ready data.

We're a small, fast-moving, technical team building essential infrastructure for the AI era. We value autonomy, clarity, and shipping fast.

About the Role

We're looking for a Developer Experience Engineer to be the bridge between our product and the developers who use it. You'll build in public, create integrations, ship open source projects, and make sure every touchpoint—docs, demos, tutorials, landing pages—helps developers succeed with Firecrawl.

This role sits on the marketing team but you'll spend most of your time writing code, not copy. You're the technical voice that makes our product click for developers.

What You'll Do

• Build integrations and open source projects that showcase what's possible with Firecrawl

• Write technical blog posts, tutorials, and guides that developers actually want to read

• Create and improve developer documentation—make it clear, accurate, and useful

• Film demos and walkthroughs for product launches and marketing content

• Be a technical pair of eyes on marketing copy, landing pages, and announcements

• Build landing pages and handle minor design work for campaigns and launches

• Contribute to Launch Week setup, execution, and content creation

• Engage with the developer community—GitHub issues, Discord, Twitter, wherever they are

• Build in public and share what you're working on

Who You Are

• 3+ years as a software engineer, devrel, or similar technical role

• You ship side projects and genuinely enjoy building things

• You can write—technical content that's clear, concise, and helpful

• You're comfortable on camera or willing to get there (demos, walkthroughs, etc.)

• You have opinions about what makes good developer experience

• You're active in the developer community—open source, Twitter, blogs, whatever your thing is

• You can context-switch between code, content, and creative work without losing momentum

• Bonus: Experience with web scraping, AI/LLM tooling, or developer tools

What It Means to Join Firecrawl

• Build in Public — Your work ships fast and the community sees it

• High Leverage — Touch product, marketing, and community all at once

• Autonomy — Own your projects end-to-end with minimal oversight

• Remote-First Culture — Work from anywhere in U.S. time zones

• Creative Freedom — If you think it'll work, we'll let you try it

Benefits & Perks

Available to all employees

• Salary that makes sense — $130,000-170,000/year OTE (U.S.-based), based on impact, not tenure

• Own a piece — Up to 0.10% 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 moms and dads

• Wellness stipend — $100/month for the gym, therapy, massages, or whatever keeps you human

• Learning & Development - Expense up to $150/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

Interview Process

• Application Review — Send us your stuff: GitHub, blog, Twitter, whatever shows how you think

• Intro Chat (~25 min) — Quick vibe check and alignment on the role

• Technical Chat (~30 min) — Walk us through something you've built

• Paid Work Trial (1–2 weeks) — Jump into real projects with the team

• Decision — We move fast

If you're an engineer who loves building in public, explaining technical concepts, and making developer tools better—let's talk.