Senior Engineer Backend Collections

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:

At Postman the Collections team stands as a pivotal pillar within our product engineering domain seamlessly facilitating optimal functionality across the entire organization. Revered as a defacto standard for API artifacts within the developer community Postman collections dont just stop there. Our team diligently oversees every aspect related to collections embracing an array of functionalities including but not limited to documentation forking watching merging and mocking.

Your journey with us wont just be about managing data but steering through massive data volumes with robust systems ensuring every user enjoys a seamless and delightful experience. As we cater to over 5 million active monthly users we delve into intricacies and navigate through challenges crafting solutions that escalate our scalability and enhance our products complexity. Dive into our recentblog postto explore how we untangled our storage challenges crafting a narrative of problemsolving and innovation.

We dont just manage collections; we create experiences ensuring that every interaction is smooth every functionality is intuitive and every user finds value. Come be a part of our journey and define the future of APIs with us!

What Youll Do:

• Shape the Future of APIs: Contribute to the development of cuttingedge APIs and products in collaboration with a dynamic crossfunctional team that includes Product Managers Designers and Engineers specializing in Support Quality Security and Platform.

• Innovate Through Prototypes: Rapidly construct functional prototypes to address both internal and external usecases driving our products evolution.

• Lead & Mentor: Offer technical leadership and mentorship to your fellow engineers sharing best practices and elevating our collective expertise.

• Shape Our Path: Be an integral contributor to roadmap planning coordinating with all stakeholders to align our products with strategic goals.

• Own Systems Architecting: Lead the architecting and design of collection systems partnering with stakeholders to ensure robust functionality and strategic integration.

• Enhance System Maturity: Take ownership of the maturation of existing systems defining initiatives to enhance functionality reliability and performance.

• Drive Architectural Evolution: Identify and champion initiatives that drive architectural improvement and innovation.

About You

• Cloud and Distributed Systems Expert: You bring experience with cloud computing and distributed systems having worked on customerfacing systems at scale.

• Data Management Maestro: Your knowledge of data management fundamentals and data storage principles is solid.

• Experienced Builder: With at least 5 years of experience building applications in highlevel programming languages especially Javascript Python or Ruby. We primarily code in Javascript.

• Versatile Developer: A fair understanding of frontend technologies networking analytics at a fundamental level and proficiency in Backend engineering characterize your skill set.

• Passionate Technologist: Youre driven by a passion for utilizing various tools and technologies to devise endtoend solutions.

• Code Craftsperson: Your code is testable maintainable and easy to understand by others.

• Communicator: You can demystify technical concepts effectively sharing knowledge with product managers designers support and other engineers.

• Curious Learner: An insatiable curiosity moves you to understand how things work and to constantly learn absorb and share new knowledge.

Nice To Have

• Legacy Systems Expertise: Experience with migrating legacy systems is a plus.

• K8s Knowledge: Familiarity or experience with Kubernetes is beneficial.

• Innovative Creator: A proven record of building products from scratch is advantageous.

• JS & Web Fundamentals Guru: Past experience with Javascript Node.js and a strong understanding of web fundamentals will stand you in good stead.

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.