SerpApi is the leading solution to integrate search data into web applications. Our API scrapes search engines, solves CAPTCHAs, and keeps up with changing page layouts in one simple GET request. Our customers include Nvidia, Shopify, Perplexity, Adobe, Samsung and more.

We are a highly profitable, founder-led technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. We have built substantial revenue with a small team and no outside investors. That combination creates a rare CFO opportunity. The company has real financial scale, meaningful strategic options, and a finance function that needs to be built for the next stage.

We are looking for a Chief Financial Officer who wants to be a builder. The CFO will strengthen the financial infrastructure behind SerpApi’s business and help leadership evaluate the strategic paths available to a capital-efficient private company, including continued independent growth, future private investment, strategic transactions, and eventual public-company readiness.

This is a hands-on executive role for a finance leader who can operate at both the strategic and operational levels.

You will work directly with the founder-CEO and leadership team to build the systems, reporting, controls, planning discipline, and capital strategy SerpApi needs as it scales. You will own finance and accounting, manage a small existing finance and accounting team, improve decision quality across the company, and help prepare SerpApi for the opportunities available to a profitable private technology company.

The current finance function is lean. A small team is already in place, and the CFO will be expected to lead, mentor, and level up that team while also building better systems and processes. Some processes need to be formalized. Some systems need to be upgraded. Some reporting needs to become more executive-grade. We want someone who sees that as an opportunity. The right person will bring structure, judgment, and rigor without adding bureaucracy for its own sake.

Responsibilities

Own SerpApi’s accounting, finance, budgeting, forecasting, tax, reporting, and strategic finance functions, including management of a 3-person finance and accounting team.
Build scalable financial systems, reporting processes, and internal controls for a profitable, growing technology company.
Lead budgeting, forecasting, cash planning, financial modeling, and performance reporting.
Partner with the CEO and leadership team on capital allocation, pricing, margins, hiring plans, vendor spend, legal spend, and long-term strategy.
Advise on long-term capital strategy, including continued independent growth, future private investment, debt or equity financing, strategic partnerships, M&A, and eventual public-company readiness.
Build the financial reporting, controls, forecasting, and diligence readiness needed to keep those strategic paths available.
Prepare clear financial materials for leadership, investors, lenders, auditors, advisors, and strategic counterparties when needed.
Manage tax planning, tax reporting, franchise tax filings, and relationships with outside tax advisors.
Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
Lead, mentor, and develop the finance and accounting team while building clearer processes, stronger reporting, and a better operating cadence.
Improve the finance function while preserving SerpApi’s high-trust, transparent, and low-bureaucracy culture.

What we are looking for

Experience as a CFO, VP of Finance, Controller, Head of Finance, investment banker, strategic finance leader, or capital markets professional.
Experience with public or private investment, including investor relations, equity or debt financing, M&A, growth equity, venture capital, private capital, or IPO/public-company readiness.
Strong understanding of financial reporting, accounting operations, tax, budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, and audit readiness.
Experience in high-growth technology, SaaS, API, AI, data infrastructure, developer tools, or usage-based business models.
Ability to turn financial data into clear recommendations for founders and operators.
Strong judgment, high ownership, and comfort building inside a lean company.
Willingness to do both strategic executive work and hands-on operating work.
Clear written communication and strong async collaboration skills.

Nice to have

CPA, MBA, public accounting, investment banking, transaction advisory, or strategic finance background.
Experience preparing a private company for institutional investment, M&A, audit, IPO readiness, or public-company reporting.
Experience with finance systems, ERP implementation, SaaS metrics, usage-based revenue models, 409A valuations, equity administration, board reporting, or investor materials.
Experience working directly with founders, technical teams, or engineering-led companies.

Perks

SerpApi has been created by engineers for engineers. High compensation, transparency, remote-first, and a high trust environment are at the core of the company. All of these also make a very neurodivergent-friendly work environment. Several of our team members, including our CEO, are on the spectrum. Having a neurodivergent-friendly company is not an afterthought. We welcome talent from all over the world! No matter where you’re based, you can be part of our diverse, remote-first team. For those outside Austin, TX, we typically hire as independent contractors since we don't have an office there.

High Compensation

We offer high compensation, bonuses, and career opportunities all across the globe.

Competitive Worldwide
Total compensation, including profit shares, averages $232,448 per year per team member worldwide. We pay nearly as much as Google!
Profit Shares
All full-time team members receive profit share bonuses. We believe it's important to achieve alignment as a team.
Career Growth
Internal career paths, training (courses, conferences, books), and toolings (up to 50% reimbursement for software, hardware, subscriptions, and co-working space).

Transparency

A transparent world is a better world. Transparent organizations are more meaningful, connected to reality, and trustworthy.

Open Books
We share our books with all team members. We publish quarterly and annual reports (P&L, expenses).
Public Roadmap
Excluding security and confidential issues, all of our work is fully accessible to the public.
Internal Trust
Internally, we share analytics, customer interactions, hiring processes, strategies, marketing, and all other business-related data.

Remote-First Company

Remote is not a 2nd thought, but is core to SerpApi. All our processes are structured around being remote-first.

Even Before COVID
Remote-first wasn't a reaction to COVID, but was a conscious, long-term, and permanent decision.
Async Communications
All of our important communications are async, written, and online. We avoid unnecessary meetings as much as possible.
100% Online
We use the best tools for the job: GitHub, Slack, Pop, Zoom, Intercom, Figma, and emails.

High-Trust Environment

We put high-trust in everyone on our team and empower them to do their best work.

Flexible Schedule
Team members can adjust their own schedule, timezone, and unpaid vacation time the way they see fit.
Independent Prioritization
Outside of specifically assigned tasks, you can choose what work you think will produce the most value to SerpApi.
Trusted Contributions
All team members can suggest or directly make changes to anything related or not related to their jobs following their own judgment.

Send us your resume at careers@serpapi.com

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If you have questions, reach out to us directly at contact@serpapi.com.

Onsite in Austin, TX
|Full-time|
300K – 350K a year + profit share

Responsibilities

What we are looking for

Nice to have

Perks

High Compensation

Competitive Worldwide

Profit Shares

Career Growth

Transparency

Open Books

Public Roadmap

Internal Trust

Remote-First Company

Even Before COVID

Async Communications

100% Online

High-Trust Environment

Flexible Schedule

Independent Prioritization

Trusted Contributions

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