--- title: Head Engineering at Mintlify in San Francisco, CA description: Mintlify is hiring for the Head Engineering role in San Francisco, CA. Pays $250K–$400K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/head-engineering-at-mintlify-01a13bdd-c015-782e-96a0-9380c85cf40d date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Mintlify as Head Engineering in San Francisco, CA. Pays $250K–$400K per year. Full-time, on-site role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/1ct1sv.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Mintlify | | **Location** | San Francisco, CA | | **Salary** | $250K/yr - $400K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 14, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** B · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Mintlify sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 4 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Mintlify. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $230,000 – $286,000 a year (median $263,000). ## Description # **Why Mintlify?** We're on a mission to empower builders. - **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**](https://mattrickard.com/hire-slope-not-intercept)**:** We value learning velocity, grit, and unapologetically unique personalities. We grew in value faster than headcount and we’re looking to align the two quickly. ## **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 - $250 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) ## Skills - Product Strategy - Agile Velocity - First-Principles Thinking - Platform Architecture - Product Innovation - Cloud Infrastructure - Recruitment ## Benefits - Health and Wellness Stipends - Health Insurance - Dental Insurance - Vision Insurance - Paid Time Off (Pto) - 401(k) Plans - Food and Meals ## Related - [Engineering jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/engineering?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Engineering Manager jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/engineering/engineering-managers?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Engineering Manager jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/engineering/engineering-managers/engineering-manager?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260760 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 118918 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 27903 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260760 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 118918 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 27903 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)