Mintlify
Senior Backend Engineer
$190K–$265K
San Francisco · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of software development experience.
About the job
Build and scale the backend APIs, content pipelines, and AI infrastructure that power Mintlify’s documentation products.
What you'll do
- Design and ship APIs and services for the editor, dashboard, and customer documentation sites.
- Improve content ingestion, validation, transformation, and publishing for customer repositories.
- Build AI search, retrieval, and agent infrastructure, while improving system performance and reliability.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of software development experience.
- Strong experience with systems design, API architecture, databases, and production systems.
- Strong product intuition and willingness to work beyond backend when needed.
- Comfort taking ownership, defining solutions, and engaging directly with customers.
Pay
$190K – $265K USD base salary
Tools
APIs, databases, caching, queues
AI focus
Build search, retrieval, and agent infrastructure for Mintlify’s AI products.
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