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Mintlify

Backend Engineer

Mintlify, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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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, Windsurf, Scale AI, 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 to build and scale our core product infrastructure Building the core product, from APIs to agentic pipelines. Maintaining and improving performance, reliability, and scalability of backend systems Collaborating with product and design to build customer-facing functionality Operating and owning backend systems in production 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 Bonus points: Previously founded a startup. Extra bonus for a dev-tools startup Why you should join our engineering team You're all about finding the intersection between what excites you and business priorities, and you're excited for your role to evolve accordingly You crave a mix of collaborative and heads-down builder time, and are excited to contribute to a small-but-mighty team You're looking for an environment where the best ideas win and acknowledge when you're wrong Company Benefits:

Competitive compensation and equity

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Free Waymos

20 days paid time off every year

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Health, dental, vision

401k or RRSP

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Free lunch and dinners

$420/mo. wellness stipend

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Annual team offsite