We're on a mission to empower builders.
Massive reach: Our docs platform serves 100 million+ developers every year and powers documentation for 18,000+ companies, including Anthropic, Cursor, PayPal, Coinbase, X, and over 20% of the last YC batch.
Small team, huge impact: We’re only 35 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.
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
You have 4+ years of software development experience
You are empathetic towards customers, having the desire to speak with customers and make product decisions
You have a strong ability to learn new technologies and be productive in unfamiliar domains
You possess a strong ownership mentality with the ability to act independently and lead major features through development and deployment
Bonus points: You previously founded a startup. Extra bonus for a dev-tools startup
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.
Competitive compensation and equity
20 days paid time off every year
401k or RRSP
$420/mo. wellness stipend
Health, dental, vision
Free Ubers to and from work
Free lunch and dinners
Annual team offsite
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