Open Source Engineer
Own and evolve Firecrawl’s open-source repositories, maintaining the core self-hosting experience and building new context primitives such as a document parsing engine. The role requires 5+ years of experience, a substantial open-source track record, and strong software engineering judgment.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own the main Firecrawl repository end to end, including issue triage, pull request reviews, releases, and documentation.
- Maintain an easy-to-use self-hosting experience.
- Build new context primitives, beginning with the anydoc document parsing engine.
- Define scope and API designs for open-source primitives.
- Improve project adoption and organic growth through engineering and product decisions.
- Ship code and review pull requests weekly.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience.
- Demonstrated open-source track record, such as maintaining a popular repository or making significant contributions.
- Experience owning a repository end to end, from issue triage and pull request review through releases and documentation.
- Experience building parsers, crawlers, browser tooling, or developer libraries.
- Strong judgment about API design, project scope, and maintainability.
- Understanding of how open-source projects drive adoption.
- High agency and ability to make independent decisions about scope and merges.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is unavailable.
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary: $235,000–$260,000 per year.
- Competitive equity.
- 15 days of mandatory PTO, with additional time encouraged after 24 days.
- 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
- $100/month wellness stipend.
- Up to $1,000/year for learning and development.
- Paid team offsites.
- Three-month paid sabbatical after four years.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for US-based full-time employees.
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
- Optional supplemental insurance plans.
- Telehealth, 401(k), FSAs, commuter benefits, and pet insurance.
- San Francisco office snacks, drinks, team lunches, and an electric-bike loaner program.
Skills
Open Source, GitHub, API Design, Document Parsing, Web Crawling, Browser Tooling, Developer Libraries, Self-Hosting, Pull Requests, Release Management
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