Product Engineer - Parse

Firecrawl•San Francisco, CA

74d•$235,000 - $260,000•Hybrid

About The Position

You'll build the endpoint developers reach for when they need to turn documents (PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, and more) into clean, layout-aware data an AI can actually use. Parse takes a local or non-public file and returns LLM-ready markdown or structured JSON in a single call, with tables, headings, footnotes, and reading order preserved. This is hands-on product engineering at the core of what Firecrawl does: shipping the document-parsing features that thousands of developers hit every day, owning them from idea to production, and obsessing over the details that make an API a joy to build on. You'll ship real product from day one, not tickets in a backlog.

Requirements

You've built and shipped developer-facing product that people actually used
You care about developer experience like a designer cares about pixels: latency, output schema, docs, the whole feel of it
You're comfortable owning ambiguous problems and turning them into shipped features
You move fast and close the loop - you'd rather ship, measure, and iterate than perfect on paper
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.

Nice To Haves

Someone who needs a fully-specced ticket to start
A strong backend engineer who's indifferent to how the product feels to use
Someone who optimizes for process over shipping

Responsibilities

Build and ship developer-facing document-parsing features from idea to production
Own the reliability and quality of parsed output across PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, and more, including the messy scanned and mixed-format files that break traditional parsers
Turn hard, ambiguous problems (layout detection, table structure, reading order, OCR routing) into clean APIs developers love to use
Work directly with the engineering team on the roadmap and the tradeoffs behind it
Dogfood the product, read the GitHub issues, and let real developer pain drive what you build

Benefits

Salary that makes sense — $235,000–$260,000/year, based on impact, not tenure
Gain competitive equity in what you're helping build
15 days mandatory PTO, anything after 24 days, just ask (holidays excluded); take the time you need to recharge
12 weeks fully paid parental leave, for all parents
$100/month wellness stipend for the gym, therapy, massages, or whatever keeps you human
Expense up to $1,000/year toward anything that helps you grow professionally
Team offsites
3 paid months off after 4 years, do something fun and new (Sabbatical)
Full coverage, no red tape — Medical, dental, and vision (100% for employees, 50% for spouse/kids) — no weird loopholes, just care that works
Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance — coverage for life's curveballs
Optional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and voluntary life insurance for extra peace of mind
Talk to a doctor from your couch (Doctegrity telehealth)
Retirement might be a ways off, but future-you will thank you (401(k) plan)
Access to FSAs and commuter benefits (US-only) to help your wallet out a bit (Pre-tax benefits)
Because fur babies are family too (Pet insurance)
Snacks, drinks, team lunches, intense ping pong, and peak startup energy (SF HQ perks)
A loaner electric bike to get you around the city, on us (E-Bike transportation)