[Hiring] Legal Operations Manager @Firecrawl

Role Description

You'll be the operational engine behind how Firecrawl's legal function actually runs. Reporting to the General Counsel, this is a build-from-scratch role: as we scale, someone has to stand up the systems, processes, and vendor relationships that let a lean legal team keep pace with a company growing this fast. That's you.

This is not primarily an administrative job. It's an operational build role for someone who is genuinely energized by designing systems from nothing, who can pick up a messy process and turn it into something repeatable that engineers, salespeople, and executives actually use. You'll work across commercial contracting, compliance, legal technology, product, and regulatory matters, not by practicing law, but by building the machinery that lets the lawyers move fast.

Qualifications

• Strong candidates may come from legal operations, contracts, compliance, business operations, consulting, technology, professional services, or somewhere else entirely.
• You process a lot of AI output without shipping slop.
• You can run large volumes of AI-generated content through your own judgment and have what comes out the other side be right.
• You drive projects to done independently.
• You've built or meaningfully improved a process, not just maintained one that was already there.
• You turn a vague ask into a working process.
• You're extraordinarily organized and you close loops without being chased.
• You're excellent in writing and out loud, with sales, finance, and leadership, not just with lawyers.
• You have good judgment and real discretion with confidential information.
• You master new tools fast.
• You're intellectually curious about how legal, business, and technology decisions actually get made.
• You're an AI super user.
• A law degree is not required, and this role isn't limited to people on any particular educational or professional track.

Requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Background is flexible, see below.

Benefits

• Salary that makes sense — $140,000–$160,000/year, based on impact, not tenure.
• Own a piece — Gain competitive 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 all parents.
• 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).
• Life & Disability insurance — Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Supplemental options — Optional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and voluntary life insurance.
• 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).
• Pet insurance — Because fur babies are family too.

Interview Process

• Application Review — Send us your resume and a quick note on why this excites you.
• Intro Chat (~25 min) — A quick conversation to get to know each other.
• Systems Chat (~45 min) — We'll dig into a real problem from our world.
• Founder Chat (~25 min) — Culture, pace, ownership, and how you like to work.
• Paid Work Trial (1-2 weeks) — Work with the team on a real, scoped piece of the work.
• Decision — We move fast after the trial.