Developer Experience Engineer
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 130 - 170
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Developer Experience Engineer
Salary Range: $130000$170000/year (Range shown is for U.S.-based employees in San Francisco CA. Compensation outside the U.S. is adjusted fairly based on your countrys 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 just a year weve hit millions in ARR and 70k GitHub stars by building the fastest way for developers to get LLM-ready data.
Were a small fast-moving technical team building essential infrastructure for the AI era. We value autonomy clarity and shipping fast.
About the Role
Were looking for a Developer Experience Engineer to be the bridge between our product and the developers who use it. Youll build in public create integrations ship open source projects and make sure every touchpointdocs demos tutorials landing pageshelps developers succeed with Firecrawl.
This role sits on the marketing team but youll spend most of your time writing code not copy. Youre the technical voice that makes our product click for developers.
What Youll Do
Build integrations and open source projects that showcase whats possible with Firecrawl
Write technical blog posts tutorials and guides that developers actually want to read
Create and improve developer documentationmake 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 communityGitHub issues Discord Twitter wherever they are
Build in public and share what youre 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 writetechnical content thats clear concise and helpful
Youre comfortable on camera or willing to get there (demos walkthroughs etc.)
You have opinions about what makes good developer experience
Youre active in the developer communityopen 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 itll work well let you try it
Benefits & Perks
Available to all employees
Salary that makes sense $00/year OTE (U.S.-based) based on impact not tenure
Own a piece Up to 0.10% equity in what youre 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 lifes 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 youve built
Paid Work Trial (12 weeks) Jump into real projects with the team
Decision We move fast
If youre an engineer who loves building in public explaining technical concepts and making developer tools betterlets talk.
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- user experience
- User Interface
- SME
- CSS
- Interaction Design
- Windows
- Android
- Usability Studies
- Visual Design
- HTML
- User Research
- JavaScript
- Web Services
- Wireframes
About Company
The web crawling, scraping, and search API for AI. Built for scale. Firecrawl delivers the entire internet to AI agents and builders. Clean, structured, and ready to reason with.
