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 to build and scale our core product infrastructure

• Designing and building APIs and services to support product features

• Maintaining and improving performance, reliability, and scalability of backend systems

• Collaborating with product and design to build customer-facing functionality

• Operating, owning, and running code for backend systems in production

• Scaling, operating, and extending our infrastructure

• Building the core product, from APIs to agentic pipelines.

• Working directly with customers to solve their problems

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

• Strong ownership mentality with the ability to act independently and lead major features through development and deployment

• 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