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Open Source Engineer at Firecrawl. Remote Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) OR Remote-Global. Open Source Engineer. Salary Range:. $150,000–$250,000/year (Range shown is for U.S.-based employees. Compensation outside the U.S. is adjusted fairly based on your country’s cost of living. You can explore how we calculate this here: . https://posthog.com/handbook/people/compensation. .). Equity Range:. 0.10%–0.30%. Location:. San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) OR Remote. Job Type:. Full-Time (SF) OR Contract (Remote). Experience:. 3+ years. Visa:. US Citizenship/Visa required for SF; N/A for Remote. 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 50k+ GitHub stars by building the fastest way for developers to get LLM-ready data.. Previously, we built Mendable, one of the first commercially available “chat with your data” applications. We sold to companies like MongoDB, Coinbase, Snapchat, and more. To do this, we spent a surprising amount of time building reliable infrastructure for getting clean data from the web. When we started to see our founding friends rebuilding the same thing, we thought we might be on to something.. Why Firecrawl. Open Source at the Core. – Ship contributions that developers worldwide will use every day. Community Impact. – Build alongside a community of 50k+ devs who already use Firecrawl. Small team, big ambition. – Collaborate closely with founders, influencing key decisions and future directions. High velocity. – Launch your work fast, see immediate adoption, and iterate with real users. About the Role. In just a year, we’ve hit millions in ARR and 50k+ GitHub stars by building the fastest way for developers to get LLM-ready data. We’re a small, fast-moving team building essential tools for the AI era. We value autonomy, clarity, and shipping fast.. We’re looking for an . Open Source Engineer. who lives and breathes developer-first tooling and community engagement. You’ll own and expand Firecrawl’s open-source ecosystem—building core libraries, maintaining integrations, and scaling the projects that fuel our growth. This role blends engineering with community: you’ll ship high-quality code, guide contributors, and shape how developers interact with Firecrawl in the open.. If you’re excited about building in public, stewarding projects with massive adoption, and being the technical face of an open-source movement, this is your role.. What You’ll Do. Own and expand Firecrawl’s open-source SDKs, libraries, and integrations. Architect and maintain high-quality, developer-friendly APIs and tooling. Engage with contributors through GitHub issues, PRs, and discussions. Collaborate directly with founders to shape open-source roadmap and strategy. Run experiments for new integrations, frameworks, and developer workflows. Maintain project health: documentation, CI/CD, release management. Champion best practices for developer experience, clarity, and ease of adoption. Who You Are. Experienced software engineer with strong open-source contributions or leadership. Comfortable building SDKs, APIs, and libraries with a developer-first mindset. Strong communicator who can write clean docs and guide external contributors. Skilled at balancing velocity with quality in public projects. Passionate about developer communities, engagement, and adoption. Able to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments. Bonus Points. Maintainer/contributor of a popular open-source project. Experience scaling developer adoption at a startup. Strong presence in developer communities (GitHub, Twitter/X, forums, etc.). Background in web scraping, APIs, or infrastructure tooling. Previous experience at a devtools, API, or infrastructure company. Ex-founder. What it Means to Join Firecrawl. High Leverage. — Your work will reach thousands of developers immediately. Autonomy. — Own your projects end-to-end; we care about outcomes, not hours. Remote-First Culture. — Work at our new SF office, while collaborating with our global team. Growth Opportunity. — Early equity and a role that scales with the company. Creative Freedom. — Build in public, experiment, and run with what works. Benefits & Perks. Salary that makes sense. — $150,000–$250,000 (U.S.-based), based on impact, not tenure. Own a piece. — 0.10%–0.30% equity in what you’re helping build. Full coverage, no red tape (SF Only). — Medical, dental, and vision plans that cover stuff. Parental leave. — 12 weeks fully paid, for moms and dads. Take a break (seriously). — Unlimited PTO, minimum of 3 weeks off. Gear up. — Get the tools you need to do your best work, no approvals circus. Wellness stipend. — Use it for the gym, therapy, or whatever keeps you human. SF HQ perks. — Snacks, drinks, lunches, and the occasional chaotic energy. Pet insurance (SF Only). — Because fur babies are family too. Team offsites. — A change of scenery, minus the trust falls. Sabbatical. — 3 paid months off after 4 years, do something fun and new. Interview Process. Application Review. – Send us your stuff, and a quick note on why you're excited. Interview (~30 min) . with Alex, our AI Interviewer. Intro Chat. . (~25 min). – Quick alignment call with a member of our team. Technical Interview (~1 hr). – Tackle a small challenge. Interview with Founders (~30 min). – Culture, vision, and long-term fit. Paid Work Trial (1–2 weeks). – Work on something real with us. Decision. – We move fast. If you’ve ever wanted to shape an open-source project used by tens of thousands of developers—and grow it alongside founders—this is your moment. Apply now and let’s talk.