Product Engineer Parse

Youll build the endpoint developers reach for when they need to turn documents (PDFs Word docs spreadsheets and more) into clean layout-aware data an AI can actually use. Parse takes a local or non-public file and returns LLM-ready markdown or structured JSON in a single call with tables headings footnotes and reading order preserved. This is hands-on product engineering at the core of what Firecrawl does: shipping the document-parsing 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. Youll ship real product from day one not tickets in a backlog.

Salary Range: $235000$260000 USD/year (SF) / $217000$233000 CAD/year (Toronto)

Equity Range: Competitive equity. Details shared during the process.

Location: San Francisco CA (SF HQ) or Toronto ON (Toronto Hub). Hybrid onsite 3 days a week.

Job Type: Full-Time

Experience: 3 years building and shipping developer-facing product

Work Authorization: Open to candidates already authorized to work in the US or the US we also support H-1B transfers F-1 OPT and STEM OPT TN (Canada and Mexico) and E-3 (Australia). Were not able to sponsor new H-1B visas for candidates outside the US. For Canada well consider work permit sponsorship case by case through our Toronto Hub.

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. Its the boring-hard problem everyone building with LLMs eventually hits solved.

In September 2026 we raised a $75M Series B led by Smash Capital and were spending it building the largest repository of knowledge in the world. We hit 8 figures in ARR in year one and more than doubled it in year two. We have 187k GitHub stars putting us in the top 40 repositories of all time and developers agents and category-defining AI companies build on us every day. Growth like this is rare and were just getting started.

Were a small team punching far above our weight. Everyone here owns a real piece of the product and company end to end and runs it themselves. No hiding behind process or headcount.

This is a place for people who want to work at the frontier: an AI company building the infrastructure other AI companies run on not one bolting AI onto an existing product. We move fast go deep and are building the tools superintelligence will rely on to gather data from the web. That library is called Alexandria and it starts now.

• Build and ship developer-facing document-parsing features from idea to production

• Own the reliability and quality of parsed output across PDFs Word docs spreadsheets and more including the messy scanned and mixed-format files that break traditional parsers

• Turn hard ambiguous problems (layout detection table structure reading order OCR routing) into clean APIs developers love to use

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

• Dogfood the product read the GitHub issues and let real developer pain drive what you build

• Youve built and shipped developer-facing product that people actually used

• You care about developer experience like a designer cares about pixels: latency output schema docs the whole feel of it

• Youre comfortable owning ambiguous problems and turning them into shipped features

• You move fast and close the loop. Youd rather ship measure and iterate than perfect on paper

• Someone who needs a fully-specced ticket to start

• A strong backend engineer whos indifferent to how the product feels to use

• Someone who optimizes for process over shipping

We operate at an absurd level of urgency because the window for what were building wont stay open forever. If that excites you keep reading. If it doesnt no hard feelings but this role probably isnt for you.

• Salary that makes sense: $235000$260000 USD/year (SF) / $217000$233000 CAD/year (Toronto) based on impact not tenure

• Own a piece: Gain competitive 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 all parents

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

• Learning & Development: Expense up to $1000 USD/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

• Full coverage no red tape: Medical dental and vision (100% for employees 50% for partner and kids). No weird loopholes just care that works

• Life & Disability insurance: Employer-paid basic life and AD&D short-term disability and long-term disability. Coverage for lifes curveballs

• Virtual care and a health guide: Teladoc for the couch doctor visit plus Rightway to answer coverage questions and fight billing errors for you

• Mental health: Talkspace therapy and psychiatry on your schedule

• Fertility and family building: Carrot covering you and your partner

• EAP: Free confidential counseling legal and financial consults and online will prep through Guardian

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

• Pre-tax benefits: HSA FSA and commuter benefits to help your wallet out a bit

• Supplemental options: Extra life and AD&D accident critical illness hospital indemnity plus pet legal and identity protection through MetLife

• Full coverage no red tape: Extended health dental and vision through Manulife (Diamond the top tier) 100% employer-paid for you your partner and your kids

• Life & Disability insurance: Employer-paid life AD&D short-term disability and long-term disability. Coverage for lifes curveballs

• Virtual care: Dialogue Premium so you can see a doctor or nurse from your couch any hour

• Mental health: Talkspace Elite therapy and psychiatry on your schedule

• Fertility and family building: Carrot covering you and your partner

• Retirement: Group RRSP through Wealthsimple so future-you can thank you

• 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

• Toronto Hub perks: Snacks drinks team lunches glass-walled views down University Avenue and a home base steps from Union Station

• Transit covered: A PRESTO card loaded for GO Transit subway and streetcar plus station parking if you drive to the train. Winter-proof on us

Application Review: Send us your work and a quick note on why this excites you. Show us what youve shipped: products features APIs developers actually used. We care about what youve built not where you went to school.

Intro Chat (25 min): A quick conversation to get to know each other before we go deep. Well talk about what youve been working on what drew you to Firecrawl and what youre looking for in your next role. Time for your questions too.

Technical Chat (45 min): Well dig into a real problem from our world (pulling reliable structured data out of a hostile PDF or designing a parsing API developers love) and talk through how youd approach it. Come ready to think out loud. We care how you reason not whether you memorized the answer.

Founder Chat (25 min): Culture pace ownership and how you like to work. Time for your questions too.

Paid Work Trial (40 Hours): Work with the team on a real scoped piece of the product paid at a contractor rate. Its the truest signal for both sides. You see what building at Firecrawl actually feels like and we see how you ship. Remote-friendly and well flex around your current commitments.

Decision: We move fast after the trial.

If you want to build the products that turn the chaos of documents and the web into something developers and agents can actually use you should join us.

Apply now.

Required Experience:

IC