Mintlify

Mintlify

Senior Solutions Engineer - Pre Sales (NYC)

New York City · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 83 days ago
JavaScriptReactHTMLCSSNode.jsFull-Stack DevelopmentProduct StrategySalesforceSalesProcurementLeadership

About the role

  • This is a Pre-Sales technical role embedded in Mintlify's Sales Team.
  • You are not a traditional Sales Engineer running canned demos - 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.

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • Translate customer requirements into clear technical specifications that engineering can realistically deliver
  • 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.
  • Build internal tools, templates, and processes that make technical selling more repeatable and scalable.
  • This role is for someone who wants to roll up their sleeves and build.

Requirements

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

Nice to have

  • Background in developer tools, APIs, or technical products
  • Understanding of SaaS and usage pricing models and contract structures
  • Free Ubers to and from work
  • Free lunch and dinners

Skills

  • Strong full-stack development experience (React, Node.js, APIs, databases)
  • 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
  • Proficiency in web
  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript, modern frameworks
  • Proficiency in web technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, modern frameworks
  • Experience Requirements:
  • Experience with enterprise RFPs, security reviews, or procurement processes
  • Experience scoping technical work and creating specifications for engineering teams
  • Background in fast-moving startup environments with high autonomy
  • Behavioral Competencies:

Compensation

  • Annual team offsite (previously went to Alaska, Hawaii)

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity
  • 20 days paid time off every year
  • $420/mo. wellness stipend
  • 100% coverage for Health, dental, vision

Company info

  • Culture of slope over y-intercept https://mattrickard.com/hire-slope-not-intercept: We value learning velocity, grit, and unapologetically unique personalities.

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