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Mintlify

Senior Backend AI Engineer

Mintlify, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Mintlify We grew in value faster than headcount and we’re looking to align the two quickly. Why Mintlify?

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. What you’ll work on here

Backend software engineering & infrastructure engineering to support the AI and agentic flows Owning and operating LLM-backed products in production at scale RAG/data ingestion pipelines Prompt engineering Model performance and evals What you bring to the table

4+ years 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 Strong ownership mentality 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 Ubers 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: $180K - $250K Seniority level

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