Senior Developer Advocate
San Francisco, CA - USA
Job Summary
Who Are We
Postman is the worlds leading API platform used by more than 45 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 offices in Boston New York Austin Tokyo London and Bangalore - where Postman 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.
About the Role
Were looking for a Senior Developer Advocate to join our Developer Relations team and help developers everywhere build better APIs faster. Youll serve as a trusted technical voice for Postman by creating compelling content building community and championing developer needs back into the product.
This is a high-visibility high-impact role. You wont just talk about Postman youll be hands-on with APIs AI agents and emerging protocols like MCP translating complex workflows into accessible inspiring content that reaches millions of developers.
What Youll Do
Create technical content at scale: Write tutorials blog posts videos sample projects and livestreams that demonstrate API best practices using Postman and adjacent tools.
Represent Postman publicly: Speak at conferences meetups podcasts and webinars. Be a recognizable and credible technical voice in the API and developer tooling ecosystem.
Build and nurture community: Engage with developers across forums Discord GitHub social media and in-person events. Lead or support the global Agents & APIs Meetup program and similar community initiatives.
Champion the developer experience: Gather feedback from developers and translate it into actionable insights for Product and Engineering teams. Be the voice of the developer internally.
Drive adoption of new capabilities: Create launch content and enablement materials for features like Agent Mode API Catalog MCP integration and AI-native API testing.
Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Product Marketing Sales Engineering and Education teams to ensure consistent technically credible messaging across all touchpoints.
Grow Postmans reach: Develop strategies to grow engagement on YouTube Substack the Postman blog and social channels through data-driven content optimization.
About You
5 years of professional software development experience with strong API (REST GraphQL gRPC WebSockets) and coding (Python Typescript) development skills
3 years in a developer advocacy developer relations or developer education role.
Proven ability to stand up run and scale in-person meetups including recruiting speakers working with Partners and event management.
A portfolio of published technical content (blog posts conference talks videos open-source projects or tutorials).
Hands-on experience with Postman or similar API development platforms. Eagerness to get hands on with code and work closely with engineering teams.
Strong understanding of modern development workflows: CI/CD testing version control and cloud-native architectures.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to make complex topics accessible and engaging.
Comfort with being on camera on stage and in front of a microphone. Strong experience in Youtube and video content is a plus
Self-directed able to prioritize across content community and product feedback workstreams with minimal oversight.
The reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from $210000 to $230000 plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidates skills qualifications and 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 value in person collaboration. We are in office 5 days a week for all roles based out of our hubs in San Francisco Bay Area Boston Austin Tokyo and London. For roles based in Bangalore employees currently work in the office three days a week and will transition to five days per week by the end of the year. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce leadership team and peers. The benefits of our in 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Accelerate API development with Postman's all-in-one platform. Streamline collaboration and simplify the API lifecycle for faster, better results. Learn more.