# Senior Backend Engineer

**Company:** [Mintlify](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mintlify)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $190k – $265k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Backend Development, Api Architecture, System Design, Databases, Production Systems, Content Pipelines, Search, Information Retrieval, Caching, Queues, Observability, AI Infrastructure
**Posted:** 2026-09-10

> Build and scale backend APIs, content pipelines, and AI infrastructure powering Mintlify’s documentation products. The role requires 4+ years of software development experience, strong systems and production engineering skills, product judgment, and high ownership.

## Job Description

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

## Requirements
- 4+ years of software development experience.
- Strong experience with systems design, API architecture, databases, and production systems.
- Product intuition and a focus on understanding the purpose behind technical decisions.
- Adaptability and willingness to work beyond backend systems when needed.
- Ability to work with a high degree of ownership and define solutions independently.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary of $190,000–$265,000.
- 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.

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