Head of Agent Ops

Head of Agent OpsYou'll own the internal AI infrastructure that makes our team unreasonably fast. That means building, evaluating vendors, and continuously evolving the AI systems our team runs on — with the goal of maximizing every person's clock speed and scaling our ability to deploy agents across the business.Salary Range: $170,000–$215,000/year (Range shown is for U.S.-based employees in San Francisco, CA. Compensation outside the U.S. is adjusted fairly based on your country’s cost of living. You can explore how we calculate this here: https://www.firecrawl.dev/careers/compensation.)Equity Range: Up to 0.20%Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); Truly exceptional remote considered.Job Type: Full-Time (SF)Experience: 5+ years or equivalent shipped systemsVisa: US Citizenship/Visa required for SFAbout FirecrawlFirecrawl 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 8 figures in ARR and 80k+ GitHub stars by building the fastest way for developers to get LLM-ready data.We’re a small, fast-moving, technical team building essential infrastructure super-intelligence will use to gather data on the web. We ship fast and dep.What We're Looking ForA technical practitioner, not a theorist. You understand how models actually work — not just API calls, but attention, context windows, inference tradeoffs, tool use patterns. You read papers. But your first instinct is always to build, not to theorize. You've shipped real systems that automate real work.Someone with battle-tested opinions on AI-assisted development. You've pushed vibe coding techniques far enough to know where they break. You have strong, experience-driven opinions about what works and what doesn't — grounded in first principles, not hype. You know when to let the model drive and when to take the wheel.An automation obsessive. You've already automated your own life to a degree that others find somewhat unhinged. You see manual processes the way most people see bugs — something that shouldn't exist and won't for long.Someone who understands the bitter lesson. You know where the highest-leverage opportunities are because you understand which problems get solved by scale and which don't. You allocate your energy accordingly.$10k+/month token budget (will increase with demonstrated impact).What We're NOT Looking ForAI skeptics. If you think superintelligence is hundreds of years away, this isn't your role.Comfort optimizers. We're looking for people who seek discomfort and aim to make a difference — not optimize for comfy vibes.Status chasers. If you're here because AI is in the news, you're not a fit. If you believe we're at a once-in-a-species inflection point and you want to shape the wave, not just ride it — this is the place for you.A Note On PaceWe operate at an absurd level of urgency because the window for what we're building won't stay open forever. If that excites you, keep reading. If it doesn't, no hard feelings — but this role probably isn't for you.Benefits & PerksAvailable to all employeesSalary that makes sense — $170,000–215,000/year (SF, U.S.-based), based on impact, not tenureOwn a piece — Up to 0.20% equity in what you're helping buildGenerous PTO — 15 days mandatory, anything after 24 days, just ask (holidays excluded); take the time you need to rechargeParental leave — 12 weeks fully paid, for moms and dadsWellness stipend — $100/month for the gym, therapy, massages, or whatever keeps you humanLearning & Development - Expense up to $1000/year toward anything that helps you grow professionallyTeam offsites — A change of scenery, minus the trust fallsSabbatical — 3 paid months off after 4 years, do something fun and newAvailable to US-based full-time employeesFull coverage, no red tape — Medical, dental, and vision (100% for employees, 50% for spouse/kids) — no weird loopholes, just care that worksLife & Disability insu ... (truncated, view full listing at source)