Design Engineer

Title: Design Engineer

Location: San Francisco, CA

Department: Design Team

Job Description:

Salary Range: $100,000–$250,000/year

Equity Range: 0.10%–0.30%

Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

Job Type: Full-Time

Experience: 3+ years

Visa: US Citizenship/Visa Only

Firecrawl is the easiest way to extract data from the web. Developers use us to reliably convert URLs into LLM-ready markdown or structured data with a single API call. In just a year, we’ve hit millions in ARR and 43k+ GitHub stars by building the fastest way for developers to get LLM-ready data.

Previously, we built Mendable, one of the first commercially available “chat with your data” applications. We sold to companies like MongoDB, Coinbase, Snapchat, and more. To do this, we spent a surprising amount of time building reliable infrastructure for getting clean data from the web. When we started to see our founding friends rebuilding the same thing, we thought we might be on to something.

Why Firecrawl

• Technical ownership – Lead critical browser technology and infrastructure

• Real impact – Directly shape how our browser stack drives our entire product

• High velocity – Rapid iteration and deployment of your work

• Small team, big ambition – Collaborate closely with founders, influencing key decisions and future directions

In just a year, we’ve hit millions in ARR and 43k+ GitHub stars by building the fastest way for developers to get LLM-ready data. We’re a small, fast-moving team building essential tools for the AI era. We value autonomy, clarity, and shipping fast.

We’re need a Design Engineer who can take ideas from rough sketches to production-ready pages. You’ll own the look, feel, and experience of Firecrawl across our entire platform. From the core product UI to docs, playgrounds, and marketing pages. If you care about motion, precision, and performance, you’ll thrive here.

What You’ll Do

• Build beautiful, fast UIs using Next.js, Tailwind, and Framer Motion

• Create and optimize product pages and interactive playgrounds

• Maintain and scale our internal design system across all surfaces

• Own UX and polish across marketing, docs, and app interfaces

• Collaborate directly with founders to ship high-impact features

• Lead proof-of-concept work for new ideas and experiences

Who You Are

• A builder with a sharp eye and strong sense of motion and interaction

• Experienced in going from concept → polished product independently

• Strong with Next.js, Tailwind, and Framer Motion

• Obsessed with great UX

• Comfortable working quickly in a fast-moving, high-trust team

Bonus Points

• Shipped live projects with real users

• Experience across brand, web, and interactive design

What it means to join Firecrawl

• High Leverage — Your processes directly amplify our growth.

• Autonomy — Own your domain; we care about outcomes, not hours.

• Remote-First Culture — Work at our new SF office, while collaborating with our remote team.

• Growth Opportunity — Early equity and a role that scales with the company.

• Creative Freedom — Experiment with new channels, formats, and automations. If it works, we run with it.

Benefits & Perks

• Salary that makes sense — $100,000–$250,000, based on impact, not tenure

• Own a piece — 0.10%–0.30% equity in what you’re helping build

• Full coverage, no red tape — Medical, dental, and vision plans that cover stuff

• Parental leave — 12 weeks fully paid, for moms and dads

• Take a break (seriously) — Unlimited PTO, minimum of 3 weeks off

• Gear up — Get the tools you need to do your best work, no approvals circus

• Wellness stipend — Use it for the gym, therapy, or whatever keeps you human

• SF HQ perks — Snacks, drinks, lunches, and the occasional chaotic energy

• Pet insurance — Because fur babies are family too

• Team offsites — A change of scenery, minus the trust falls

• Sabbatical — 3 paid months off after 4 years, do something fun and new