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Mintlify Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Massive reach: Our docs platform serves 100 million+ developers every year and powers documentation for 10,000+ companies, including Anthropic, Cursor, PayPal, Coinbase, X, and over 20% of the last YC batch. Small team, huge impact: We’re only 28 people today, backed by $22 million in funding, each new hire shapes the company’s trajectory. Culture of slope over y-intercept: We value learning velocity, grit, and unapologetically unique personalities.
Why Mintlify?
We're on a mission to empower builders.
Massive reach: Our docs platform serves 100 million+ developers every year and powers documentation for 10,000+ companies, including Anthropic, Cursor, PayPal, Coinbase, X, and over 20% of the last YC batch. Small team, huge impact: We’re only 28 people today, backed by $22 million in funding, each new hire shapes the company’s trajectory. Culture of slope over y-intercept: We value learning velocity, grit, and unapologetically unique personalities.
We grew in value faster than headcount and we’re looking to align the two quickly.
What you'll work on here
Backend software engineering & infrastructure engineering to support the AI and agentic flows RAG/data ingestion pipelines Prompt engineering Model performance and evals
What you bring to the table
1+ year of software development experience Deep customer empathy, including the desire to speak with customers and make product decisions Strong ability to learn new technologies and be productive in unfamiliar domains Passion for tasteful user experience Experience in LLM fine-tuning, RAG systems, and AI automations Bonus points: Previously founded a startup. Extra bonus for a dev-tools startup
Why you should join our engineering team
Engineers at Mintlify appreciate a high degree of ownership, are passionate about a tasteful user experience, and come to work ready to contribute to a small-but-mighty team.
You’ll have plenty of heads down builder time. We believe in the power of strong teams to drive change - and have created an environment where the best ideas win and we can acknowledge when we’re wrong.
We’re all about finding the intersection between what excites you and business priorities. You’ll jump into new territory and learn something new. You’ll own projects and features. You’ll ship.
Company Benefits:
Competitive compensation and equity
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Free Waymos
20 days paid time off every year
|
Health, dental, vision
401k or RRSP
|
Free lunch and dinners
$420/mo. wellness stipend
|
Annual team offsite
Compensation Range: $140K - $200K
Seniority level
Seniority level Entry level Employment type
Employment type Full-time Job function
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Backend AI Engineer
role at
Mintlify Join to apply for the
Backend AI Engineer
role at
Mintlify Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Massive reach: Our docs platform serves 100 million+ developers every year and powers documentation for 10,000+ companies, including Anthropic, Cursor, PayPal, Coinbase, X, and over 20% of the last YC batch. Small team, huge impact: We’re only 28 people today, backed by $22 million in funding, each new hire shapes the company’s trajectory. Culture of slope over y-intercept: We value learning velocity, grit, and unapologetically unique personalities.
Why Mintlify?
We're on a mission to empower builders.
Massive reach: Our docs platform serves 100 million+ developers every year and powers documentation for 10,000+ companies, including Anthropic, Cursor, PayPal, Coinbase, X, and over 20% of the last YC batch. Small team, huge impact: We’re only 28 people today, backed by $22 million in funding, each new hire shapes the company’s trajectory. Culture of slope over y-intercept: We value learning velocity, grit, and unapologetically unique personalities.
We grew in value faster than headcount and we’re looking to align the two quickly.
What you'll work on here
Backend software engineering & infrastructure engineering to support the AI and agentic flows RAG/data ingestion pipelines Prompt engineering Model performance and evals
What you bring to the table
1+ year of software development experience Deep customer empathy, including the desire to speak with customers and make product decisions Strong ability to learn new technologies and be productive in unfamiliar domains Passion for tasteful user experience Experience in LLM fine-tuning, RAG systems, and AI automations Bonus points: Previously founded a startup. Extra bonus for a dev-tools startup
Why you should join our engineering team
Engineers at Mintlify appreciate a high degree of ownership, are passionate about a tasteful user experience, and come to work ready to contribute to a small-but-mighty team.
You’ll have plenty of heads down builder time. We believe in the power of strong teams to drive change - and have created an environment where the best ideas win and we can acknowledge when we’re wrong.
We’re all about finding the intersection between what excites you and business priorities. You’ll jump into new territory and learn something new. You’ll own projects and features. You’ll ship.
Company Benefits:
Competitive compensation and equity
|
Free Waymos
20 days paid time off every year
|
Health, dental, vision
401k or RRSP
|
Free lunch and dinners
$420/mo. wellness stipend
|
Annual team offsite
Compensation Range: $140K - $200K
Seniority level
Seniority level Entry level Employment type
Employment type Full-time Job function
Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Software Development Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Mintlify by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for “Artificial Intelligence Engineer” roles.
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