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You'll ship fast, run rigorous A/B tests, and turn what you learn into a better product, for an audience that isn't human.\nThis is not a pure research or data science role. We want an engineer who brings scientific rigor to product development: forming hypotheses, running experiments, analyzing results, and shipping better agent experiences. Prior agent experience is valuable, but raw engineering ability, shipping velocity, and learning speed matter most.\nSalary Range: $235,000-$260,000 USD/year (SF) / $217,000-$233,000 CAD/year (Toronto)\nEquity Range: Competitive equity. Details shared during the process.\nLocation: San Francisco, CA (SF HQ) or Toronto, ON (Toronto Hub). Hybrid, onsite 3+ days a week.\nJob Type: Full-Time\nExperience: 5+ years\nWork Authorization: Open to candidates already authorized to work in the US or Canada. In the US, we also support H-1B transfers, F-1 OPT and STEM OPT, TN (Canada and Mexico), and E-3 (Australia). We’re not able to sponsor new H-1B visas for candidates outside the US. For Canada, we’ll consider work permit sponsorship case by case through our Toronto Hub.\nAbout Firecrawl\nFirecrawl 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. It's the boring-hard problem everyone building with LLMs eventually hits, solved.\nIn September 2026, we raised a $75M Series B led by Smash Capital, and we're 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 192k+ 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 we're just getting started.\nWe're 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.\nThis 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.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign and ship A/B tests across agent-facing surfaces (MCPs, CLIs, skills, APIs, documentation) to see how agents actually use Firecrawl\n\nTurn experiment results into shipped product improvements, fast\n\nTrack emerging agent tools, models, and harnesses (Hermes, OpenClaw, and whatever's next) closely enough to know what they mean for us\n\nForm hypotheses about how agents discover, interpret, and select tools and capabilities, then test them in production\n\nOwn the problem end to end, from question to shipped answer\n\nBring scientific rigor to product development without turning it into a research project\n\nWhat We're Looking For\nA track record of shipping high-quality products fast. Not prototypes, not decks\n\nComfort designing A/B tests, reading behavioral data, and acting on what it tells you\n\nFamiliarity with agent-facing surfaces: MCPs, CLIs, skills, APIs, documentation\n\nYou actively follow emerging AI tools, models, and harnesses. Hermes, OpenClaw, whatever's next\n\nGenuine curiosity about how agents select tools, interpret capabilities, and interact with products\n\nHigh agency. You can operate independently in a space that doesn't have a playbook yet\n\nOften an ex-founder, early startup engineer, prolific open-source contributor, or someone with impressive public work\n\nWhat We're NOT Looking For\nSomeone looking for a pure research or data science role. This is a shipping job first\n\nSomeone who needs a mapped-out roadmap before they can move\n\nSomeone who treats experimentation as a report to write rather than a lever to pull\n\nSomeone excited by agents in theory who hasn't actually built for them\n\nA Note On Pace\nWe operate at an absurd level of urgency because the window for what we're building won't stay open forever. If that excites you, keep reading. If it doesn't, no hard feelings, but this role probably isn't for you.\nBenefits & Perks\nAvailable to all employees\nSalary that makes sense: $235,000-$260,000 USD/year (SF) / $217,000-$233,000 CAD/year (Toronto), based on impact, not tenure\n\nOwn a piece: Gain competitive equity in what you're helping build\n\nGenerous PTO: 15 days mandatory, anything after 24 days, just ask (holidays excluded). Take the time you need to recharge\n\nParental leave: 12 weeks fully paid, for all parents\n\nWellness stipend: $100 USD/month for the gym, therapy, massages, or whatever keeps you human\n\nLearning & Development: Expense up to $1,000 USD/year toward anything that helps you grow professionally\n\nTeam offsites: A change of scenery, minus the trust falls\n\nSabbatical: 3 paid months off after 4 years, do something fun and new\n\nAvailable to US-based full-time employees\nFull coverage, no red tape: Medical, dental, and vision (100% for employees, 50% for partner and kids). No weird loopholes, just care that works\n\nLife & Disability insurance: Employer-paid basic life and AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability. Coverage for life's curveballs\n\nVirtual care and a health guide: Teladoc for the couch doctor visit, plus Rightway to answer coverage questions and fight billing errors for you\n\nMental health: Talkspace, therapy and psychiatry on your schedule\n\nFertility and family building: Carrot, covering you and your partner\n\nEAP: Free confidential counseling, legal and financial consults, and online will prep through Guardian\n\n401(k) plan: Retirement might be a ways off, but future-you will thank you\n\nPre-tax benefits: HSA, FSA, and commuter benefits to help your wallet out a bit\n\nSupplemental options: Extra life and AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, plus pet, legal, and identity protection through MetLife\n\nAvailable to Canada-based full-time employees\nFull 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\n\nLife & Disability insurance: Employer-paid life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability. Coverage for life's curveballs\n\nVirtual care: Dialogue Premium, so you can see a doctor or nurse from your couch, any hour\n\nMental health: Talkspace Elite, therapy and psychiatry on your schedule\n\nFertility and family building: Carrot, covering you and your partner\n\nRetirement: Group RRSP through Wealthsimple, so future-you can thank you\n\nAvailable to SF-based employees\nSF HQ perks: Snacks, drinks, team lunches, intense ping pong, and peak startup energy\n\nE-Bike transportation: A loaner electric bike to get you around the city, on us\n\nAvailable to Toronto-based employees\nToronto Hub perks: Snacks, drinks, team lunches, glass-walled views down University Avenue, and a home base steps from Union Station\n\nTransit, covered: A PRESTO card loaded for GO Transit, subway, and streetcar, plus station parking if you drive to the train. Winter-proof, on us\n\nInterview Process\nApplication Review: Send us your resume and a link to something you've built. We care about what you've actually shipped, not where you went to school.\nIntro Chat (~25 min): A quick conversation to get to know each other before we go deep. We'll talk about what you've been working on, what drew you to Firecrawl, and what you're looking for in your next role. Time for your questions too.\nTechnical Chat (~45 min): We'll walk through something you've built and a real agent-experience problem from our world. Come ready to think out loud. We care how you reason and experiment, not whether you know the \"right\" answer going in.\nFounder Chat (~25 min): Culture, pace, ownership, and how you like to work. Time for your questions too.\nPaid Work Trial (~40 Hours): Ship something real with the team, paid at a contractor rate. It's the truest signal for both sides. 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