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Forward Deployed Engineer (SF)

Location
San Francisco
Compensation
Not disclosed
Level
senior
Type
full time

Posted by employer 8 months ago

First seen on Joblaze 6 months ago

Last verified on the company career page 1 week ago

Requirements

Experience
4+ years

Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.

Benefits

Free Meals 401k Equity/Stock Options Paid Time Off Wellness Stipend Health Insurance Team Offsite

Joblaze summary

In the role of Senior Solutions Engineer at Mintlify, the individual engages in hands-on technical work to support the sales team by developing custom solutions that facilitate complex enterprise deals. Proficiency in full-stack development, particularly with React and Node.js, is essential, along with experience in customer-facing roles and technical scoping. This position is ideal for someone with a strong engineering background who thrives in fast-paced startup environments and enjoys translating technical concepts into business value. Mintlify's small team dynamic allows for significant impact on the company's growth trajectory.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 16, 2026. Last confirmed on Mintlify's careers page October 27, 2026.
  • React appears in 68.8% of 224 comparable senior fullstack roles in United States; HTML appears in 3.6% of 224 comparable senior fullstack roles in United States.

Quick facts

How much experience is required?
At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Forward Deployed Engineer (SF) role.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Node.js, React.
What seniority level is this role?
Mintlify targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Forward Deployed Engineer (SF) role at Mintlify.

From the original posting

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.

About the Role

This is a technical role embedded in Mintlify's Sales Team. You are a builder who helps close complex enterprise deals by scoping, prototyping, and delivering custom technical solutions alongside Account Executives.

As enterprise customers evaluate Mintlify, they often require additional technical validation before moving forward. Your role is to reduce friction in this process by translating customer needs into practical technical solutions, building what’s necessary to demonstrate value, and supporting the sales team in closing larger, more complex deals without straining core engineering.

In this role, you will work closely with Sales, Engineering, Product, and the CEO to win our most strategic deals and turn one-off custom work into repeatable, productized capabilities.

This role is for someone who wants to roll up their sleeves and build.


Responsibilities

Deal Execution & Technical Validation

  • Partner with AEs on complex enterprise and mid-market deals from discovery through close

  • Lead deep technical discovery to understand customer documentation workflows, integrations, and success criteria

  • Design and build custom demos, prototypes, and proofs-of-concept that directly unblock deals and accelerate decisions

  • Present technical solutions to mixed audiences, from frontline engineers to executive buyers

Technical Scoping & Risk Management

  • Translate customer requirements into clear technical specifications that engineering can realistically deliver

  • Scope custom work with enough fidelity to inform pricing, timelines, and contract structure

  • Partner with engineering leadership to estimate effort, assess feasibility, and flag risks early. Identify technical debt, integration complexity, or maintenance concerns before deals are signed.

Cross-Functional Enablement & Leverage

  • Serve as the go-to technical operator for Sales on complex deals

  • Share customer and field insights to influence product roadmap and go-to-market strategy

  • Build internal tools, templates, and processes that make technical selling more repeatable and scalable.

Requirements

Technical Skills:

  • Strong full-stack development experience (React, Node.js, APIs, databases)

  • Proficiency in web technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, modern frameworks

  • Ability to rapidly build functional prototypes and MVPs

  • Experience with documentation tools, MDX, or content platforms (strong plus)

  • Comfortable reading and understanding codebases to assess integration complexity

Experience Requirements:

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience in product or customer-facing roles with previous solutions engineering or sales engineering experience

  • Experience with enterprise RFPs, security reviews, or procurement processes

  • Track record working directly with customers on technical implementations

  • Experience scoping technical work and creating specifications for engineering teams

  • Background in fast-moving startup environments with high autonomy

Behavioral Competencies:

  • You'd rather ship a working prototype than a slide deck

  • You understand how technical decisions impact deal economics

  • You can run multiple complex deals simultaneously without dropping balls

  • You can translate technical depth into business value for executives and explain business constraints to engineers

  • You move fast and ship iteratively

Nice-to-Have

  • Background in developer tools, APIs, or technical products

  • Understanding of SaaS and usage pricing models and contract structures

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

  • Free lunch and dinners

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