Product Engineer - Parse

Firecrawl
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 235,000 - 260,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Ownership","Problem-solving","Developer focus","Iteration","Collaboration"]

Build and ship developer-facing document-parsing features that convert PDFs, Word docs, and spreadsheets into layout-aware, LLM-ready markdown or structured JSON. Own parsing reliability and quality across messy scanned and mixed-format files, and solve hard challenges like layout detection, table structure, reading order, and OCR routing. Work closely with engineering on roadmap tradeoffs, dogfood the product, and drive improvements from real developer feedback.

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Product Engineer - Parse

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Job Summary

Build and ship developer-facing document-parsing features that convert PDFs, Word docs, and spreadsheets into layout-aware, LLM-ready markdown or structured JSON. Own parsing reliability and quality across messy scanned and mixed-format files, and solve hard challenges like layout detection, table structure, reading order, and OCR routing. Work closely with engineering on roadmap tradeoffs, dogfood the product, and drive improvements from real developer feedback.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and ship developer-facing document-parsing features from idea to production
  • •Own reliability and quality of parsed output across PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, and more
  • •Handle messy scanned and mixed-format files that break traditional parsers
  • •Turn layout and extraction challenges (layout detection, table structure, reading order, OCR routing) into clean APIs
  • •Partner with engineering on the roadmap and tradeoffs, and drive improvements from GitHub issues and user pain

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 235,000 - 260,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Paid LeaveParental LeaveHealth InsuranceDentalVisionLearning BudgetWellness StipendLife Insurance401kPet InsuranceLong-term Disability

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years building and shipping developer-facing products used by others
  • •Own ambiguous, hard problems and turn them into shipped features
  • •Care about developer experience, including latency, output schema, and documentation
  • •Build and ship reliability-focused features, including quality across many document types
  • •Use real developer feedback (issues, pain points) to drive what you build
Experience:3+ yearsDeveloper toolsAI infrastructureSaaS
Skills:OwnershipProblem-solvingDeveloper focusIterationCollaboration

Eligibility

Nationality:US National
Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

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