In-House Technical Writer

Firecrawl•San Francisco, CA

5d•$160,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

You'll own how Firecrawl explains itself to developers — across docs, API reference, SDK guides, quickstarts, tutorials, cookbooks, and the technical content that lives between marketing and engineering. This role sits at the intersection of product and growth: the docs are the product surface developers hit first, and the technical content is how they discover us in the first place. You'll work closely with the growth marketing team, who owns growth and content strategy, while you own the writing itself — turning shipped features into clear documentation, and turning real product capabilities into tutorials and cookbooks that show developers what's actually possible.

Requirements

A writer who can actually code. You don't need to ship production features, but you should be able to read a Python or TypeScript SDK, run an API call, debug your own example, and write a tutorial that works on the first copy-paste. If your code examples don't run, neither does the documentation.
Experience writing for developers. You've worked on a developer tool, API, SDK, or infrastructure product. You know what good docs look like (Stripe, Twilio, Vercel, Supabase) and you know why those docs work. You write for the developer who wants to skim, find the snippet, and ship.
Range across docs and content. You can write a tight API reference page and a 2,000-word tutorial in the same week without one bleeding into the other. You know when to be terse and when to teach.
Strong taste and a high bar. You notice when an example is technically correct but practically useless. You rewrite your own drafts. You push back when a feature ships with a confusing name.
Comfortable working without a content brief for every piece. Eric will set direction on the bigger bets. The week-to-week — what needs updating, what's missing, what would actually help a developer right now — is yours to figure out and run with.
Backgrounds that often do well: technical writers from developer tool or API companies, former developers who moved into writing, DevRel engineers who spent more time writing than speaking, technical content marketers at PLG dev tools.
4+ years writing for a technical or developer-facing product
US Citizenship/Visa required

Nice To Haves

Writers who can't read code, or who outsource every example to an engineer.
Pure content marketers without the technical depth to write real docs.
Anyone who needs a full editorial calendar handed to them before they can produce.
Writers who think "developer content" means listicles and thought leadership.

Responsibilities

Own the docs end to end: API reference, SDK guides, quickstarts, conceptual explainers, and migration guides. When something ships, the docs ship with it.
Write technical content that pulls developers in: tutorials, cookbooks, integration guides, and long-form pieces that show real use cases with real code.
Read the codebase, talk to engineers, and use the product yourself. The bar is that you understand what you're documenting well enough to catch the things engineers forgot to mention.
Maintain a consistent voice across docs and content. Clear, direct, no fluff, written for a developer who wants to ship something today.
Partner with engineering on release notes, changelogs, and the docs updates that ride alongside new features.
Partner with the growth team on technical content that compounds: SEO-relevant tutorials, comparison guides, and the cookbook entries that show up when someone searches for the problem we solve.
Triage and respond to docs feedback from GitHub, Discord, and support. The docs are a product. They get bugs. You fix them.

Benefits

Salary that makes sense — $160,000–$200,000/year (SF, U.S.-based), 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 moms and dads
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