Research Engineer (Focused on Search/IR)
FirecrawlSan Francisco, California, United States • United States
Posted March 18, 2026
180000 - 270000 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Firecrawl is a web data extraction platform that enables developers to crawl websites and retrieve structured content through an intuitive API and UI. Leveraging AI-driven parsing, Firecrawl transforms unstructured web pages into clean data, helping businesses automate data collection for analytics, research, and content curation. The platform emphasizes speed, scalability, and compliance, allowing teams to extract data at scale without complex coding or infrastructure. Firecrawl’s user-friendly interface and flexible integration options make it a distinctive choice for companies seeking efficient and reliable web scraping solutions.
Job Description
Research Engineer position at Firecrawl, focusing on search and information retrieval systems, with a salary range of $180,000–$270,000/year, up to 0.15% equity, and various benefits, including 15 days of PTO, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, and a wellness stipend of $100/month.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience building search/IR systems at scale
- Hands-on experience with ranking, relevance, and query understanding
- Experience with full-stack search systems, from ingestion to serving
- Ability to solve freshness, dedup, and incremental indexing problems
- Self-directed experimenter who ships without handholding
- Background in search engineering, IR research, or infrastructure engineering
Benefits
- Salary that makes sense
- Up to 0.15% equity in the company
- Generous PTO
- 12 weeks fully paid parental leave
- Wellness stipend of $100/month
- Learning & Development
- Team offsites
- Sabbatical after 4 years
- Full coverage medical, dental, and vision
- Life & Disability insurance
- Supplemental options
- Doctegrity telehealth
- 401(k) plan
- Pre-tax benefits
- Pet insurance
- E-Bike transportation for SF-based employees