Backend Engineer

Mintlify•San Francisco, CA

8d•$130,000 - $200,000•Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for product-minded backend engineers to build the core systems behind Mintlify. You’ll tackle hard problems across content processing, AI retrieval, and infrastructure that powers thousands of documentation sites. As a Backend Engineer, you’ll build the APIs, content pipelines, and AI infrastructure that power Mintlify’s products. You’ll collaborate across design and engineering, contribute to product and technical decisions, and take features from development through launch.

Requirements

Strong experience with systems design, API architecture, databases, and production systems
Strong product intuition and care about the “why” as much as the “how” when building software
Adaptable and willing to work beyond the backend when needed to ship a feature
Appreciate a high degree of ownership and thrive when defining solutions rather than following a spec
Eager to talk directly with customers and use those insights to shape what we build

Responsibilities

Building backend systems end to end: Designing, implementing, and ship the APIs and services behind our editor, dashboard, and customer documentation sites
Scaling our content infrastructure: Improve how we ingest, validate, transform, and publish content from thousands of customer repositories
Powering AI experiences: Building the search, retrieval, and agent infrastructure behind our AI products
Performance and reliability: Improving caching, queues, databases, and observability as our products and customer base grow
Shaping product direction and engineering approaches across the stack