Backend AI Engineer, Mintlify

$140-200k

+ $140K – $200K Equity + Offers Bonus

Junior and Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

Documentation platform

Job no longer available

Documentation platform

1-20 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseContentAnalyticsSaaSAutomation

Job no longer available

$140-200k

+ $140K – $200K Equity + Offers Bonus

Junior and Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

1-20 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseContentAnalyticsSaaSAutomation

Company mission

To empower millions of developers worldwide.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

1+ year of software development experience
Deep customer empathy, including the desire to speak with customers and make product decisions
Strong ability to learn new technologies and be productive in unfamiliar domains
Passion for tasteful user experience
Deep experience in LLM fine-tuning, RAG systems, and AI automations
Bonus points: Previously founded a startup. Extra bonus for a dev-tools startup
You're all about finding the intersection between what excites you and business priorities, and you're excited for your role to evolve accordingly
You crave a mix of collaborative and heads-down builder time, and are excited to contribute to a small-but-mighty team
You're looking for an environment where the best ideas win and acknowledge when you're wrong

What the job involves

Backend software engineering & infrastructure engineering to support the AI and agentic flows
RAG/data ingestion pipelines
Prompt engineering
Model performance and evals

Our take

Software documentation has long been a challenge for developers, requiring significant time and effort to create and maintain. As companies like Stripe and Twilio set higher standards, the pressure on teams to produce clear, interactive documentation has increased, leaving many struggling to keep up with expectations.

Mintlify addresses this problem by offering a suite of documentation-authoring tools that simplify the creation process. The platform enables auto-generation of documents from codebases, features built-in templates, and incorporates AI-powered chatbots for enhanced user interaction.

With a growing customer base that includes prominent brands like Anthropic and Fidelity and the recent closure of a successful funding round, Mintlify is poised for continued success. The company aims to further innovate its platform by personalizing content and enhancing AI capabilities, positioning itself to meet the evolving needs of software documentation and support in the tech industry.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Sep 2024

$18.5m

SERIES A

May 2022

$2.8m

SEED

Total funding: $21.5m

Company benefits

Flexible work culture
20 days paid time off every year
Health, dental, vision
401k or RRSP
Free lunch and dinners
$700/year work setup stipend
$200/month wellness stipend
Annual team offsite
Unlimited free mints

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Hahnbee Lee

(Co-Founder)

Previously co-founded pe•ple (acquired by BetterMode). Experienced Software Engineer, having worked at Duolingo, Cornell Design & Tech Initiative, Cornell Rocketry Team, Tribe Community Platform, Vera.Zone, GoodStuff and Leidos.

Han Wang

(Co-Founder)

Previously co-founded pe•ple (acquired by BetterMode) and Foodful. Also an experienced Software Engineer having previously worked at Bettermode and Facebook.

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