SEO Specialist
San Francisco, CA - USA
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Job Summary
SEO Specialist
Youll own how the world discovers Firecrawl through search. This is a hands-on specialist role focused on the off-page side of SEO: building authority earning high-quality backlinks running digital PR and growing our organic visibility with the developers and AI builders searching for what we do. As search itself changes and AI-driven discovery reshapes how people find tools youll be at the front of figuring out what actually moves organic growth. Youll report to our Growth Marketing Lead and own real results from day one not a checklist.
Salary Range: $135000$180000/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: Competitive equity details shared during the process.
Location: San Francisco CA or Remote (Americas UTC-3 to UTC-10)
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience: 3 years in SEO with real off-page link-building or digital PR depth
Visa: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Were not able to sponsor visas right now though that may change down the line.
About Firecrawl
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 - the boring-hard problem everyone building with LLMs eventually hits solved.
We hit 8 figures in ARR in year one and more than doubled it in year two. We have 147k GitHub stars 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.
What Youll Do
Own off-page SEO: authority building high-quality link acquisition and digital PR that actually moves rankings
Grow organic search visibility with developers and technical audiences searching for tools like ours
Build durable compounding organic growth not short-term tricks that get clawed back
Stay ahead of how AI-driven search and discovery are changing what works
Measure everything and tie your work to real organic traffic and growth not vanity metrics
What Were Looking For
Youve driven measurable off-page SEO results and you can show the rankings and traffic you moved
You know link-building and digital PR that earns real authority not spammy tactics that get penalized
You understand technical and developer audiences and how they search
Youre curious about how AI is reshaping search and eager to figure out what comes next
You move fast and close the loop - youd rather ship measure and iterate than perfect on paper
What Were NOT Looking For
Someone whose track record is activity (links placed content published) rather than real ranking and traffic gains
Anyone who relies on spammy or black-hat tactics that put a brand at risk
Someone who needs a fully-specced brief to start
A Note On Pace
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.
Benefits & Perks
Available to all employees
Salary that makes sense $135000$180000/year 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/month for the gym therapy massages or whatever keeps you human
Learning & Development Expense up to $1000/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 work and a quick note on why this excites you. Show us the off-page results youve driven rankings you moved authority you built traffic you grew. We care about results 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 how youd build organic authority and off-page presence for Firecrawl from where we are today and talk through how youd approach it and what youd measure. Come ready to think out loud.
Founder Chat (25 min) Culture pace ownership and how you like to work. Time for your questions too.
Paid Work Trial (1-2 weeks) Dig into a real off-page problem: audit our current authority and backlink profile identify the biggest opportunity and present a plan. Paid at a contractor rate. Its the truest signal for both sides. Remote-friendly and well flex around your current commitments.
Decision We move fast after the trial.
If you want to own how the next generation of developers and AI builders discovers Firecrawl through search you should join us.
Apply now.
Required Experience:
IC
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.