Senior Engineer IAM
Senior Engineer IAM
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Who Are We
Postman is the worlds leading API platform used by more than 35 million developers and 500000 organizations including 98 of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the APIfirst world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaborationenabling users to create better APIs faster.
The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has an office in Bangalore where it was founded. Postman is privately held with funding from Battery Ventures BOND Coatue CRV Insight Partners and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman.
P.S: We highly recommend reading The APIFirst World graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.
About the Team :
Identity and Access Management team is responsible for creating a secure reliable and seamless Identity Management Platform for all the Postman users. This is the team behind authenticating and authorizing every request that reaches Postman space.
Postmans Identity Interface is the gateway to access a plethora of Postmans services while enabling users to connect with peers to perform work collaboratively. A team of passionate engineers where each day brings new learning.
What youll be doing :
As the Senior Engineer for the IAM Squad you will:
Build and optimize the auth standards and protocols such as OAuth2.0 OIDC SCIM SAML and so on.
Contribute to the development of secure reliable and scalable IAM platform components.
Involve in the research areas such as role engineering session management and implement the standardized formats meeting crossfunctional AuthN and AuthZ needs for the platform.
Empower the product with seamless secure and reliable methods of enterprise onboarding by enabling broader integration areas of user and team management.
Contribute to developing APIs and products while working with a crossfunctional team of Product Managers Designers Support and Product Quality Security and Platform Engineers.
Perform code reviews and advocate better practices for software engineering by mentoring and encouraging others around you to build a quality product.
Utilize your technical and domain expertise to help architect the solution and also help in crosssquad knowledge sharing on best practices.
Design & build any additional internal tooling required to ease the development & maintenance of the product.
About You :
6 years of experience developing complex distributed software applications at Postmans scale
Proficient with Javascript node.js React.Js and a strong understanding of web fundamentals.
Strong knowledge of Database fundamentals especially on the performance aspects such as optimizing queries schema design indexing and caching.
Proven record of building & products from scratch.
Has a point of view and prior experience collaborating and respectfully challenging other stakeholders such as PM EM etc.
(Bonus) Good understanding of auth products protocols and methods OAuth SAML OIDC etc.
(Bonus) Previous experience with User/Team management role engineering and access control.
You enjoy learning and sharing knowledge within and across teams.
You have a productoriented mindset and empathy for the users.
What Else
In addition to Postmans payonperformance philosophy and a flexible schedule working with a fun collaborative team Postman offers a comprehensive set of benefits including full medical coverage flexible PTO wellness reimbursement and a monthly lunch stipend. Along with that our wellness programs will help you stay in the best of your physical and mental health. If you have little ones in your family the creche allowance can help in supporting your worklife balance. Our frequent and fascinating teambuilding events will keep you connected while our donationmatching program can support the causes you care about. Were building a longterm company with an inclusive culture where everyone can be the best version of themselves.
At Postman we embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area Boston Bangalore Noida Hyderabad and New York employees are expected to come into the office 3days a week. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on balancing flexibility and collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce leadership team and peers. The benefits of our hybrid office model will be shared knowledge brainstorming sessions communication and building trust inperson that cannot be replicated via zoom.
Our Values
At Postman we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency and honest communication about not only successes but also failures. In our work we focus on specific goals that add up to a larger vision. Our inclusive work culture ensures that everyone is valued equally as important pieces of our final product. We are dedicated to delivering the best products we can.
Equal opportunity
Postman is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender perception or identity national origin age marital status protected veteran status or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Postman does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Postman will not pay fees to any thirdparty agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Postman.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
