Mendable

Head of Customer Support Engineering

San Francisco, CA, US

8 days ago
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Summary

Firecrawl provides LLM-ready web data for developers. We're growing fast, and support requests across email/Discord/Twitter are piling up. We urgently need our first Head of Customer Support Engineering to build our support function from the ground up with an AI-first, automation-heavy approach.

This is an engineering role first. Your primary qualification must be a strong technical background (2-5 years minimum software development experience). Experience in traditional support/success is secondary. We need an AI-obsessed engineer who loves solving user problems, automating workflows, and communicating clearly.

What You'll Do

  • Build & Automate: Design, implement, and manage AI-driven support workflows (using tools like Pylon) to handle volume efficiently.
  • Provide Technical Support: Directly resolve complex user issues (bugs, questions) related to our APIs, scrapers, and data pipelines.
  • Develop Processes & Docs: Create scalable triage systems and documentation for both users and AI agents.
  • Be the Voice of the Customer: Analyze support trends and provide feedback to the product team.

What Makes You a Great Fit

  • Strong Engineering Foundation (Required): 2-5+ years professional software development experience. Comfortable debugging production issues, understanding APIs, web tech.
  • Previous Founder or early employee: You need to have either started a company, or worked as a early employee at a < 15 person startup!
  • AI Obsession & Automation Drive: You actively use and are excited by AI tools to improve efficiency. You think in terms of scalable, automated systems.
  • Excellent Communicator: Can explain technical concepts clearly and love helping users.
  • Process Builder & Self-Starter: Excited to build AI-augmented systems from scratch in an ambiguous environment.
  • Hands-On & Low Ego: Ready to tackle everything from strategy to individual tickets as the founding member (no initial direct reports).

  • Stand Out If You Have

    • Experience with AI support tools (esp. Pylon), LLM applications, or building support automation.
    • Familiarity with web scraping, data pipelines.

    What You DON'T Need

    • An Ivy League college degree (or any specific university pedigree)
    • A degree at all (we care about skills and experience, not formal qualifications)
    • 10 years of prompt engineering experience (this is a new field, everyone is learning together)

    Why Join Firecrawl?

    • Fast growing, cashflow positive startup with a product people love (just look us up on X.com)
    • Build a cutting-edge, AI-powered support function from zero.
    • Direct impact working closely with founders in a fast-paced environment.
    • Remote-first culture, significant growth opportunities.

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