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Mintlify

Backend AI 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 & 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

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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