Software Engineer, Client Platform
Software Engineer, Client Platform
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Job Description
Who Are We
Postman is the worlds leading API platform used by more than 40 million developers and 500000 organizations including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first 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 or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman.
P.S: We highly recommend reading The API-First World graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.
The Opportunity
The Client Platform team is seeking a Software Engineer to contribute to our Client Platform ecosystem that empowers both internal engineering teams and external developers. Youll work on foundational components libraries and tooling that enable our teams to deliver exceptional experiences to our 40 million customers. This role offers the opportunity to grow your skills in a high-impact environment while building systems that scale globally and learning from experienced engineers who will help accelerate your career development.
What Youll Do
The Client Platform team is a global engineering organization responsible for creating a paved path for all Postmanauts to develop and release web-based applications. Our platform is the foundation that hundreds of engineers at Postman rely on daily to deliver new features and improvements to over 40 million customers. We manage everything from build tooling and shared libraries to development infrastructure best practices and our cross-platform desktop application.
Specifically you will:
- Technical Execution: Write and maintain high-quality well-tested code with a focus on shipping working solutions quickly implementing features following established architectural patterns and taking ownership of feature delivery from concept to production.
- Collaboration & Learning: Work effectively within the team to deliver on commitments participate in design discussions with a focus on practical implementable solutions and seek mentorship while maintaining momentum on deliverables.
- Quality & Standards: Follow established testing practices for components and integration points ensure code meets team quality standards for performance accessibility security and maintainability and proactively identify and address problems before they impact users.
- Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Support team documentation efforts and contribute to knowledge sharing initiatives that help other engineers understand and effectively use our SDK components.
About You
Core Requirements
- Experience: 2 years of production-level software development
- Technical Foundation: Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript React and modern web fundamentals
- Proven exposure to reusable libraries and SDKs: Hands-on experience with client-side libraries API integration patterns and developer tools. A background in reusable libraries design systems or SDK development will accelerate your impact on the team.
What drives you:
- Ownership Mindset: You take personal responsibility for your work and drive projects to completion even when obstacles arise. Youre looking to own problems not just solutions and celebrate team wins together.
- Bias for action: You prefer to move quickly on decisions and arent paralyzed by ambiguity - you gather enough information to act and iterate based on feedback. You excel in fast-paced environments where you can take the initiative and drive results.
- Results-oriented: You have a track record of getting things done and delivering on commitments finding creative ways to work through blockers.
Additionally you are someone who:
- Communicates clearly and listens effectively. You seek new perspectives and build trust with your colleagues
- Loves the challenge of constraints and excels at finding creative solutions
- Shows curiosity about learning new technologies and improving your engineering skills
Nice-to-have:
- Familiarity with build tools and development workflows (webpack vite etc.)
- Understanding of cross-platform development concepts (Electron or similar)
- Previous experience in developer tools or API-related products
Scope of Impact
- Individual Contributor: Primarily focused on executing well-defined tasks and features with growing independence
- Team Level: Contributes to team success through reliable delivery collaborative mindset and commitment to sprint goals
- Learning Oriented: Expected to grow technical skills and deepen understanding of Postmans frontend architecture through mentorship and hands-on experience
What Else
In addition to Postmans pay-on-performance 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. Our frequent and fascinating team-building events will keep you connected while our donation-matching program can support the causes you care about. Were building a long-term 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 Hyderabad and New York employees are expected to come into the office 3-days 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 in-person 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 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 third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Postman.
Employment Type
Full Time
