In-House Technical Writer
Write and own technical documentation, guides, tutorials, and API references for Firecrawl, an AI web data extraction platform. Turn complex functionality into clear, actionable content that drives developer success. Requires 3+ years writing docs for developer or API products, strong technical aptitude to read code and use APIs, and a product-oriented approach to documentation.
About the job
What You'll Do
- Write and own the documentation, guides, tutorials, and API references developers rely on
- Turn complex, technical functionality into content that gets someone to their first success fast
- Dogfood the product constantly; if the docs are confusing, you felt it first
- Work directly with engineering to document new features accurately and quickly
- Treat docs as a product: measure where developers get stuck and fix it
What We're Looking For
- You've written technical documentation for a developer-facing or API product, and you can show it
- You write with genuine clarity; you can make something complex feel obvious
- You're technical enough to read code, use an API, and understand what you're documenting
- You care about the developer's experience and sweat the details that make docs actually useful
- You move fast and close the loop - you'd rather ship, measure, and iterate than perfect on paper
What We're NOT Looking For
- A writer who can't or won't get technical enough to understand the product
- Someone who writes for the sake of volume rather than developer success
- Someone who needs a fully-specced brief to start
Benefits & Perks
Available to all employees
- Salary: $140,000–$185,000/year, based on impact
- Equity: Up to 0.05%
- Generous PTO: 15 days mandatory, flexible after 24 days (holidays excluded)
- Parental leave: 12 weeks fully paid
- Wellness stipend: $100/month
- Learning & Development: Up to $1,000/year
- Team offsites
- Sabbatical: 3 paid months off after 4 years
Available to US-based full-time employees
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% for employees)
- Life & Disability insurance
- Supplemental insurance options
- Doctegrity telehealth
- 401(k) plan
- Pre-tax benefits (FSAs, commuter)
- Pet insurance
Available to SF-based employees
- HQ perks (snacks, team lunches, ping pong)
- E-Bike transportation loaner
Skills
Technical Writing, Api Documentation, Developer Documentation, Markdown, API, Code Reading
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