Location
San Francisco, United States
San Francisco, United States
Salary
(Yearly)
(Yearly)
(Yearly)
(Yearly)
(Hourly)
Undisclosed
$140,000 – $200,000
Date posted
July 15, 2025
Job type
Full-time
Experience level
Mid Level 1+
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Job Description

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 25 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

  • Deep 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

  • 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 | 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

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Companies size
11-50
employees
Founded in
2022
Headquaters
San Francisco, CA, United States
Country
United States
Industry
Computer Software
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