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MintlifyMintlifySan Francisco, CA

Senior Backend Engineer

Builds APIs, content pipelines, and AI infrastructure powering documentation products and thousands of customer sites. The role requires 4+ years of software development experience, strong systems and production expertise, product judgment, and a high degree of ownership.

190k – 265k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and ship APIs and services for the editor, dashboard, and customer documentation sites.
  • Improve content ingestion, validation, transformation, and publishing infrastructure for thousands of customer repositories.
  • Build search, retrieval, and agent infrastructure for AI products.
  • Improve caching, queues, databases, and observability for performance and reliability.
  • Contribute to product direction, technical decisions, and engineering approaches across the stack.
  • Collaborate across design and engineering, take features from development through launch, and engage directly with customers.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of software development experience.
  • Strong experience with systems design, API architecture, databases, and production systems.
  • Strong product intuition and attention to both business rationale and implementation.
  • Adaptability and willingness to work beyond backend engineering when needed.
  • Ability to take ownership and define solutions independently.
  • Comfort talking directly with customers and using their insights to shape products.

Benefits and Compensation

  • Competitive compensation and equity.
  • 20 days of paid time off annually.
  • 401(k) or RRSP.
  • $420/month wellness stipend.
  • 100% health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Free rides to and from work.
  • Free lunch and dinner.
  • Annual team offsite.

Skills

api architectureSystem DesignDatabasesproduction systemscontent processingai retrievalsearchCachingqueuesObservability
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