Mintlify

Forward Deployed Engineer (NYC)

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6 months ago
New York, NY, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$250k - $315k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Account Executives on complex enterprise and mid-market deals from discovery through close.
  • Lead technical discovery into customer workflows, integrations, and success criteria.
  • Design and build custom demos, prototypes, proofs of concept, and MVPs that validate technical solutions and unblock deals.
  • Present technical solutions to engineers, executive buyers, and other mixed audiences.
  • Translate customer requirements into technical specifications and scope work for pricing, timelines, and contracts.
  • Estimate engineering effort, assess feasibility, identify risks, and evaluate technical debt, integration complexity, and maintenance concerns.
  • Serve as Sales’ technical operator on complex deals and share field insights to influence product and go-to-market strategy.
  • Build internal tools, templates, and processes that make technical selling more repeatable and scalable.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience in product or customer-facing roles, including previous solutions engineering or sales engineering experience.
  • Strong full-stack development experience with React, Node.js, APIs, and databases.
  • Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks.
  • Ability to rapidly build functional prototypes and MVPs.
  • Experience with enterprise RFPs, security reviews, procurement processes, and direct customer technical implementations.
  • Experience scoping technical work and creating specifications for engineering teams.
  • Ability to understand existing codebases and assess integration complexity.
  • Background working autonomously in fast-moving startup environments.
  • Experience with documentation tools, MDX, or content platforms is a strong plus.
  • Background in developer tools, APIs, or technical products is a plus.
  • Understanding of SaaS, usage-based pricing models, and contract structures is a plus.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity.
  • 20 days of paid time off annually.
  • 401(k) with employer match.
  • Monthly wellness stipend.
  • 100% employee coverage for health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Commute stipend.
  • Free lunch and dinners.
  • Annual team offsite.
  • Role location: NYC.

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Mintlify

About Mintlify

51-200 employees

Mintlify builds a SaaS platform for developer documentation and knowledge infrastructure, used by engineering and product teams to create, host, and search product docs. It sells subscriptions and enterprise plans, and supports over 4,000 companies and 20 million users annually. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company is privately held.

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