{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"5d2c53195d885eb16e6a7405","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5d2c53195d885eb16e6a7405","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5d2c53195d885eb16e6a7405","title":"Backend Software Engineer","description":"You'll work on the infrastructure that makes Firecrawl fast and reliable against a web that constantly changes and fights back. This is deep systems work: keeping success rates high against sites with aggressive defenses, managing the proxy layer that powers reliable data collection at scale, and pushing throughput and reliability under heavy, spiky load. When Firecrawl \"just works\" on a site that tries hard to stop it, that's this team. You'll own real infrastructure from day one, not tickets in a backlog.Salary Range: $200,000–$250,000/yearEquity Range: Competitive equity — details shared during the process.Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid, on-site required)Job Type: Full-TimeExperience: 3+ years in backend, networking, or infrastructure engineeringVisa: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. We're 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 150k+ GitHub stars, and developers, agents, and category-defining AI companies build on us every day. Growth like this is rare, and we're just getting started.We'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.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 You'll DoBuild and maintain the infrastructure that powers reliable data collection at scaleImprove success rates against sites with aggressive defensesOwn the health, rotation, and cost efficiency of the proxy layerPush throughput and reliability under heavy, spiky, real-world loadDebug hard, intermittent failures across the stack and make them stay fixedWhat We're Looking ForYou've worked on networking, proxies, or high-throughput backend systemsYou're relentless about reliability and comfortable in messy, adversarial problem spacesYou can own a system end to end and keep it healthy in productionYou move fast and close the loop - you'd rather ship, measure, and iterate than perfect on paperWhat We're NOT Looking ForSomeone who wants clean, well-defined problems onlySomeone who avoids on-call or production ownershipSomeone who needs the environment to be stable to do their best workA Note On PaceWe operate at an absurd level of urgency because the window for what we're building won't stay open forever. 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If it doesn't, no hard feelings — but this role probably isn't for you.Benefits & PerksSalary that makes sense — $200,000–$250,000/year, based on impact, not tenureOwn a piece — Gain competitive equity in what you're helping buildFull coverage, no red tape — Medical, dental, and vision (100% for employees, 50% for spouse/kids) — no weird loopholes, just care that worksLife & Disability insurance — Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance — coverage for life's curveballsSupplemental options — Optional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and voluntary life insurance for extra peace of mindDoctegrity telehealth — Talk to a doctor from your couch401(k) plan — Retirement might be a ways off, but future-you will thank youPre-tax benefits — Access to FSAs and commuter benefits (US-only) to help your wallet out a bitGenerous PTO — 15 days mandatory, anything after 24 days, just ask (holidays excluded); take the time you need to rechargeParental leave — 12 weeks fully paid, for all parentsWellness stipend — $100/month for the gym, therapy, massages, or whatever keeps you humanLearning & Development — Expense up to $1,000/year toward anything that helps you grow professionallyTeam offsites — A change of scenery, minus the trust fallsSabbatical — 3 paid months off after 4 years, do something fun and newPet insurance — Because fur babies are family tooSF HQ perks — Snacks, drinks, team lunches, intense ping pong, and peak startup energyE-Bike transportation — A loaner electric bike to get you around the city, on usInterview ProcessApplication Review — Send us your work and a quick note on why this excites you. Show us what you've built — proxy systems, networking infrastructure, reliability wins against hard targets. We care about what you've shipped, not where you went to school.Intro 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.Technical Chat (~45 min) — We'll dig into a real problem from our world — holding reliability under spiky load, keeping a proxy pool healthy, beating a site that fights back — and talk through how you'd approach it. Come ready to think out loud; we care how you reason, not whether you memorized the answer.Founder Chat (~25 min) — Culture, pace, ownership, and how you like to work. Time for your questions too.Paid Work Trial (1-2 weeks) — Work with the team on a real, scoped piece of the infrastructure — paid at a contractor rate. 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