Technical Writer

Firecrawl

In-House Technical Writer at Firecrawl creating developer documentation. Collaborating with engineering and marketing teams to produce clear technical content.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $160,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the docs end to end: API reference, SDK guides, quickstarts, conceptual explainers, and migration guides. When something ships, the docs ship with it.
Write technical content that pulls developers in: tutorials, cookbooks, integration guides, and long-form pieces that show real use cases with real code.
Read the codebase, talk to engineers, and use the product yourself. The bar is that you understand what you're documenting well enough to catch the things engineers forgot to mention.
Maintain a consistent voice across docs and content. Clear, direct, no fluff, written for a developer who wants to ship something today.
Partner with engineering on release notes, changelogs, and the docs updates that ride alongside new features.
Partner with the growth team on technical content that compounds: SEO-relevant tutorials, comparison guides, and the cookbook entries that show up when someone searches for the problem we solve.
Triage and respond to docs feedback from GitHub, Discord, and support. The docs are a product. They get bugs. You fix them.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years writing for a technical or developer-facing product
A writer who can actually code
Experience writing for developers
Range across docs and content
Strong taste and a high bar
Comfortable working without a content brief for every piece

Benefits

Comp & perks

Salary that makes sense — $160,000–$200,000/year (SF, U.S.-based), based on impact, not tenure
Up to 0.05% equity in what you're helping build
Generous PTO — 15 days mandatory, anything after 24 days, just ask (holidays excluded); take the time you need to recharge
Parental leave — 12 weeks fully paid, for moms and dads
Wellness stipend — $100/month for the gym, therapy, massages, or whatever keeps you human
Learning & Development — Expense up to $1,000/year toward anything that helps you grow professionally
Team offsites — A change of scenery, minus the trust falls
Sabbatical — 3 paid months off after 4 years, do something fun and new
Full coverage, no red tape — Medical, dental, and vision (100% for employees, 50% for spouse/kids) — no weird loopholes, just care that works
Life & Disability insurance — Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance — coverage for life's curveballs
Supplemental options — Optional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and voluntary life insurance for extra peace of mind
Doctegrity telehealth — Talk to a doctor from your couch
401(k) plan — Retirement might be a ways off, but future-you will thank you
Pre-tax benefits — Access to FSAs and commuter benefits (US-only) to help your wallet out a bit
Pet insurance — Because fur babies are family too
SF HQ perks — Snacks, drinks, team lunches, intense ping pong, and peak startup energy
E-Bike transportation — A loaner electric bike to get you around the city, on us

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Hard Skills & Tools

technical writingAPI documentationSDK guidestutorial writingcode readingcontent creationSEO writingintegration guidesmigration guideslong-form content

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationattention to detailproblem-solvingcreativityadaptabilitycritical thinkingself-motivationorganizational skillstaste