Search Engineer

Design and build the crawling, indexing, and retrieval systems behind Firecrawl Search

Push down latency and cost per query while search volume grows

Improve ranking quality and freshness for LLM-driven retrieval

Own services end to end — design, ship, monitor, and iterate in production

Work directly with the Head of Search and the rest of the search team on the roadmap

You've built and operated backend or distributed systems at real scale

You care about latency, cost, and correctness in equal measure

You're comfortable owning ambiguous problems and turning them into shipped systems

You move fast and close the loop — you'd rather ship, measure, and iterate than perfect on paper

Someone who needs a fully-specced ticket to start

Someone who wants to specialize narrowly and hand off everything else

Someone who optimizes for process over shipping

We 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.

Salary that makes sense — $190,000–$260,000/year, based on impact, not tenure

Own a piece — Up to 0.05% equity in what you're 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 $1,000/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 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 life's 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

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