Search Engineer

Firecrawl
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 190,000 - 260,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Ownership","Problem-solving","Ship mindset","Iteration","Collaboration"]

Build production backend and infrastructure for turning the open web into a Firecrawl search index. You’ll design and own crawling, indexing, ranking, and retrieval services end to end—shipping, monitoring, and iterating in production. Focus on reducing latency and cost per query as search volume grows, while improving ranking quality and freshness for LLM-driven retrieval. Work closely with the Head of Search and the search team on the roadmap.

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Firecrawl
Firecrawl
11 hours ago

Search Engineer

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Job Summary

Build production backend and infrastructure for turning the open web into a Firecrawl search index. You’ll design and own crawling, indexing, ranking, and retrieval services end to end—shipping, monitoring, and iterating in production. Focus on reducing latency and cost per query as search volume grows, while improving ranking quality and freshness for LLM-driven retrieval. Work closely with the Head of Search and the search team on the roadmap.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build crawling, indexing, and retrieval systems behind Firecrawl Search.
  • •Reduce latency and cost per query as search volume grows.
  • •Improve ranking quality and freshness for LLM-driven retrieval.
  • •Own services end to end—design, ship, monitor, and iterate in production.
  • •Collaborate with the Head of Search and the search team on the roadmap.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 190,000 - 260,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kParental LeaveLearning BudgetWellness StipendPet Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years building production backend or infrastructure systems.
  • •Experience building and operating backend or distributed systems at real scale.
  • •Strong focus on latency, cost, and correctness.
  • •Ability to own ambiguous problems and turn them into shipped systems.
  • •Comfort iterating with a ship-measure-improve mindset.
Experience:3+ yearsBackendInfrastructureDistributed systemsWebSearchLLM-driven retrieval
Skills:OwnershipProblem-solvingShip mindsetIterationCollaboration

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Firecrawl
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Industry: Other
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