Engineering Manager Workspaces
Engineering Manager Workspaces
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Job Description
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.
The Opportunity
The workspaces team is responsible for establishing workspaces as a source of truth in Postman. Workspaces are the core of our Postman API Platform and are responsible for enabling seamless API collaboration. With more than 30M users on our platform this team is responsible for solving challenges in API collaboration across multiple pillars like API development testing prototyping discovery distribution & change management. The team owns tier0/1 business critical systems handling 21M requests on a daily basis and this will just continue to grow. The work of this team directly impacts Postmans end users experience and business in multiple ways thereby contributing towards our larger organization goals like Monthly Active Users Selfserve revenue & Salesserve revenue.
We are looking for an experienced engineering leader who will help in taking workspaces to next level. This person will lead a key set of initiatives that needs close working with the community product and business stakeholders to improve the end user experience constantly strive towards excellence to establish Postman as the best tool for API collaboration. Apart from this he/she would oversees the complete technical landscape to deliver the best integrated product experience for our Postman users own & drive the engineering/technical strategy for the team to not just meet product requirements but help it scale for next 25 years by having futuristic lens.
Our goal is to have 100M connected developers and we want to you to join us in this amazing journey.
What Youll Do
Understand the vision and the bigger picture of Postman and ensure the team fully understands and appreciates how their work fits into the larger scheme of things.
Grow and develop teams drive conversations with the engineers on topics such as career developmentand align their growth with the long term vision and wider business needs.
Own & drive the engineering/technical strategy for the team deliver business critical initiatives in specified timeline and actively contribute towards product roadmap to drive the maximum impact for Postman by defining the teams vision mission & strategy.
Participate in the endtoend recruiting process hiring & onboarding exceptional engineering talent.
Define measure & own key metrics for the performance of your and your teams functional areas.
Identify broader problems (Product features End User Experience Technology & Business) provide multi quarter roadmaps to the team embrace constraints and prioritize effectively by working with stakeholders & leadership.
Collaborate & Partner with peers in Product Design & Engineering to craft the best building blocks guidelines & standards & evolve the teams vision mission & strategy.
Be well versed in S/W architecture and design. Be ready to be a part of design reviews & code reviews) and ensure right decisions are made across the development lifecycle (Both front end and back end). Raise the bar for engineering standards tooling and processes.
You are responsible for the End User Experience Performance Security & High availability of the product and will work towards 99.99 availability.
Be the custodian of operational & customer excellence when it comes to oncalls/incidents/performance/bugs/UXissues.
Provide measurable OKRs for the team and promote a culture of real time employee feedback.
Regularly recognize and celebrate individual engineers achievements both big and small while emphasizing the importance of team success.
About You
Bachelors degree in a Computer Science related field or equivalent practical experience
Min. 7 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g. C C Java JavaScript NodeJS).
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role building exceptional products that deliver a delightful experience for end customers.
2 years of experience in people management.
Experience building Micro services architectures.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Lots of smiles & empathy.
Nice to Have
Experience in building customer based products at scale.
Experience working on standardizing and solving common problems in engineering in a growing company
This position requires you to be present in our Bangalore office on Mondays Wednesdays & Fridays.
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:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
