Forward Deployed Engineer (Integrations)

San Francisco, United StatesHybrid

Requirements

In just over a year, we've hit 8 figures in ARR and 100k+ GitHub stars by building the fastest way for developers to get clean, structured web data.
We're a small, fast-moving, technical team building essential infrastructure for the AI era.
WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own technical integration delivery for priority customers — from first API call through production scale - Write TypeScript/Node.js code to build, customize, and debug integrations with payments systems, cloud platforms, and third-party APIs - Debug complex real-world issues live with customers — crawling edge cases, data pipeline failures, infra constraints - Build reusable solutions and playbooks that turn one-off customer problems into repeatable wins for the team - Translate customer
You've integrated with GCP, Vercel, or comparable cloud providers.
You don't need to Google the basics.
Solid on backend and data fundamentals.
You understand the common auth patterns — OAuth, API keys, JWTs — and you know where the traps are when integrating third-party systems.
If you want to build something that matters inside one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies in the world, let's talk.
benefits — Access to FSAs and commuter
Deep Dive Chat (~60 min) — A hands-on integration problem.

Salary Range: $160,000 to $220,000/year (Range shown is for U.S.-based employees in San Francisco, CA.
Compensation outside the U.S. is adjusted fairly based on your country's cost of living.) Equity Range: Up to 0.10% Location: San Francisco, CA or Remote (Americas, UTC-3 to UTC-10) Job Type: Full-Time
Experience: 3+ years or equivalent shipped systems Visa: US Citizenship/Visa required ABOUT FIRECRAWL Firecrawl is the easiest way to extract data from the web.
BENEFITS & PERKS AVAILABLE TO ALL EMPLOYEES Salary that makes sense — $160,000–$220,000/year (SF, U.S.-based), based on impact, not tenure Own a piece — Up to 0.1% 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 moms and dads Wellness stipend — $100/month for the gym, therapy, massages, or whatever keeps you human Learning & Development — Expense up to
benefits (US-only) to help your wallet out a bit Pet insurance — Because fur babies are family too AVAILABLE TO SF-BASED EMPLOYEES 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 INTERVIEW PROCESS Application Review — Send us your work: integrations you've built, systems you've owned, or customer-facing technical projects you've shipped.

That means writing real code, debugging real systems, and turning customer needs into shipped solutions — fast.
It's a technical ownership role with a customer face.
Developers use us to reliably convert URLs into LLM-ready markdown or structured data with a single API call.
You write clean, production-quality code and you're fast.
You've built integrations with external APIs and you understand what makes them brittle.
You've worked with Stripe or similar billing systems.
You can design a system, model a schema, and reason about data at scale.
You know when to reach for a relational database and when not to. Security-aware.
You're comfortable in ambiguous, high-stakes situations with real customers.
You communicate clearly, set expectations honestly, and follow through.