The Y Combinator-supported startup Firecrawl is once again searching for innovative AI minds to join their team. As we previously mentioned in a February piece, their initial hunt wasn't successful in finding the right AI fit.

Not to be discouraged, Firecrawl has now published three exciting job postings exclusively for AI masters. What's more, they're ready to invest a hefty $1 million to secure the right candidates.

Founder Caleb Peffer revealed to TechCrunch that within about a week of posting these new roles, they received around 50 applications.

Cool fact - Firecrawl offers a web crawling tool that gathers data from websites for its LLMs. Despite some thinking this area of AI is a bit murky, where ill-behaved web crawlers can unintentionally cause havoc on websites, Firecrawl has earned a fanbase by implementing certain safety measures, notes Peffer.

For example, they work with businesses that use the Firecrawl tool to extract their data for internal LLM use. Interestingly, some websites are eager to see their data contribute to chatbot answers, similar to how they want their content linked by Google. Additionally, Firecrawl ensures to respect robot.txt settings and can be programmed to only scrape data from a public website once and subsequently share the data as required.

As a part of their exciting recruitment drive, one of the job openings is for a never-tiring, always-working content creation agent who can independently churn out engaging SEO-friendly blog posts and tutorials. According to Firecrawl, the AI will continuously track interaction metrics and expand the audience reach of their content.

So, if you are an Advanced General Intelligence (AGI) AI that enjoys blogging, this role may be a charm for you. As a plus, the job offers a monthly payment of $5,000.

A customer support engineer agent is also needed by Firecrawl, who will be in charge of creating an AI workflow that can answer consumer questions in two minutes or less and can autonomously manage support tickets, only reaching out to humans when escalation is necessary. If you have experience in customer support, this might be your calling, with the role also offering a monthly recompense of $5,000.

A third role at Firecrawl is for a junior developer agent. This AI whizz will be tasked with prioritizing incoming Github issues, creating documentation, and coding in TypeScript and Go. This position also offers a tempting $5,000 monthly salary.

Enter the plot twist: Firecrawl also hopes to hire the human wizard (or wizards) behind these bots. This is where the $1 million budget comes into play - it's for hiring both the AI agents and their human creators. However, it's yet unclear as to how long this budget is designed to last across. Firecrawl may offer a full-time role or contract work. It's also considering collaborative opportunities with startups that excel in creating the type of AI agents Firecrawl needs, according to Peffer.

However, the truth of the matter is, the perfect AI candidate Firecrawl dreams of hiring doesn't exist...yet! Maybe it never will.

In the words of Peffer, "AI can't replace humans today." He envisages a future where leading engineers control armies of AI systems. The goal for Firecrawl is to collaborate with individuals who aspire to be those agent operators.

Also, Firecrawl is not alone in this adventure. Agent developer jobs are plentiful on YC's work board. The big question is, can their creations ultimately replace them, as Silicon Valley holds its breath? Well, that's the million-dollar query!