Head of Engineering

Mintlify; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity

20 days paid time off

401k with Employer Match

Monthly wellness stipend

100% employee health coverage

Commute stipend

Free lunch and dinners

Annual team offsite

Job summary

Mintlify in San Francisco is seeking an engineering leader to partner with the founders, shaping strategy and translating it into engineering priorities. You will scale the world-class engineering organization, attract top talent, and own the technical foundation as Mintlify expands beyond documentation.

The role requires hands-on credibility across backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and platform architecture, plus a proven ability to recruit and develop engineers while aligning decisions

Qualifications

• Scaled an engineering organization from roughly 10 to 50 engineers at an early stage company.
• Strong experience with modern backend systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Demonstrated platform architecture knowledge and systems at scale.
• Track record of recruiting, developing and retaining high-caliber engineers.
• Owned a product line end to end with business impact awareness.

Responsibilities

• Partner with founders to shape company and product strategy and translate it into engineering priorities.
• Scale the engineering organization, attracting talent and building the necessary team.
• Turn product innovation into growth by launching major new product lines.
• Own engineering execution and establish priorities across product, platform, and infra.

Skills

Scaling experience

Backend systems

Cloud infrastructure

Platform architecture

Systems at scale

Recruiting

Product and business judgment

High agency leadership

Job description

• Massive reach: Our docs platform serves 100 million+ developers every year and powers documentation for 20,000+ companies, including Anthropic, Microsoft, PayPal, Spotify, Coinbase, X, and over 20% of the last YC batch.
• Small team, huge impact: We recently passed 65 employees and raised a $45 million Series B led by A16Z and Salesforce Ventures. Each new hire has a huge impact on shaping the company's trajectory.
• Culture of slope over y-intercept: We value learning velocity, grit, and unapologetically unique personalities.

Why Mintlify?

• Massive reach: Our docs platform serves 100 million+ developers every year and powers documentation for 20,000+ companies, including Anthropic, Microsoft, PayPal, Spotify, Coinbase, X, and over 20% of the last YC batch.
• Small team, huge impact: We recently passed 65 employees and raised a $45 million Series B led by A16Z and Salesforce Ventures. Each new hire has a huge impact on shaping the company's trajectory.
• Culture of slope over y-intercept: We value learning velocity, grit, and unapologetically unique personalities.

What you'll do

• Partner directly with the founders. We are looking for a strategic thought partner who can challenge thinking, help shape company and product strategy, translate that vision into engineering priorities, and take real ownership of the decisions required to scale the business.
• Build a world class engineering organization. Demand is outpacing Mintlify’s current engineering capacity, making talent and execution one of the biggest constraints on growth. Scale the team, attract exceptional talent, and build the organization needed to capitalize on the demand already in front of the company.
• Turn product innovation into Mintlify’s next phase of growth. Help develop and launch major new product lines as the company expands beyond its core documentation platform, enabling multiple product bets to run in parallel without sacrificing speed, quality, or reliability.
• Own engineering execution and the technical foundation. Set priorities across product, platform, and infrastructure, improve engineering velocity and reliability, and ensure the organization can support Mintlify’s rapidly growing scale and enterprise customer base.

What we’re looking for

• Proven scaling experience. Has scaled an engineering organization from roughly 10 to 50 engineers at an early stage company and understands the challenges that come with rapid growth.
• Deep technical credibility. A hands on engineering leader with strong experience across modern backend systems, cloud infrastructure, platform architecture, and systems at scale.
• An exceptional talent builder. Has a track record of identifying, recruiting, developing, and retaining high caliber engineers and views recruiting as a core part of the job.
• Strong product and business judgment. Has owned a product line end to end and understands how engineering decisions connect to customer needs, product outcomes, and company growth.
• A first principles, high agency leader. Low ego, comfortable with ambiguity, willing to give direct feedback, and thoughtful about designing the right processes and operating rhythms for the company’s current stage rather than importing a playbook from somewhere else.

Company Benefits:

• Competitive compensation and equity
• 20 days paid time off every year
• 401k with Employer Match
• monthly wellness stipend
• 100% employee coverage for Health, Dental, Vision
• Commute stipend to help get you to and from work
• Free lunch and dinners
• Annual team offsite (previously went to Alaska, Hawaii, Jackson Hole)

Compensation Range: $250K - $400K