Senior Backend Engineer

Mintlify is a rapidly growing developer documentation platform that serves over 70 million developers annually and powers documentation for 8,000+ companies, including major players like Anthropic, Cursor, and Scale AI. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll join a small but mighty team of 20 people backed by $18.5M in funding, where each hire significantly impacts the company's trajectory.

The role offers extensive ownership and the opportunity to work directly with the founding team. You'll be responsible for building and scaling the core product infrastructure, designing APIs, and maintaining backend systems. The position requires a strong focus on performance, reliability, and scalability while collaborating with product and design teams to deliver customer-facing functionality.

What makes this opportunity unique is Mintlify's culture of valuing learning velocity and grit, combined with their impressive market reach despite their small team size. You'll be part of a company that grew in value faster than headcount and is now looking to align the two. The role offers a blend of independent work and collaborative problem-solving, with direct customer interaction to drive product empathy.

The comprehensive benefits package includes competitive compensation ($180K-$250K), equity, flexible work culture, comprehensive health benefits, and various perks like a wellness stipend and team offsites. The interview process is thorough but practical, focusing on real-world problem-solving rather than theoretical exercises.

For engineers who appreciate high ownership, are passionate about user experience, and want to make a significant impact in the developer tools space, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of technical documentation while working with a talented, fast-moving team.