Senior Backend Engineer, Postman
Cloud Platform
$210-240k
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
Collaboration platform for API development
Be an early applicant
Collaboration platform for API development
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$210-240k
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To simplify each step of building an API and streamline collaboration to help create better APIs—faster.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of professional experience in backend software development
- Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate (JPA)
- Proven experience designing and maintaining APIs and distributed backend services
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, Argo, Istio, and Terraform
- Strong understanding of software design principles (scalability, extensibility, resilience)
- Experience with build and testing tools (Gradle, Maven, JUnit)
- Proficiency with Git and Gitflow workflows
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
- Strong security mindset and awareness of compliance frameworks
What the job involves
- As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Cloud Platform team, you will play a key role in building the core systems and services that power Postman’s internal platform
- You’ll help create new backend services that manage how we deploy, scale, and operate our infrastructure and product services, leveraging Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate (JPA) on top of cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Istio, and Terraform
- This role is highly impactful: the systems you build will be used across Postman engineering, enabling faster delivery, better scalability, and a stronger developer experience
- You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to open source, shaping tools that extend beyond Postman’s boundaries
- Design and develop backend services in Java and Spring Boot to support Postman’s internal Cloud Platform
- Architect new services that manage service deployment, lifecycle, and scaling across Kubernetes clusters
- Implement GitOps workflows (ArgoCD) to support continuous delivery
- Integrate with cloud-native tooling such as Istio, Helm, and Terraform
- Apply strong software engineering practices: testing, code reviews, CI/CD, and documentation
- Drive innovation by contributing to open-source projects where applicable
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Cloud Architects, DevOps engineers, and product teams to align solutions with business needs
- Ensure performance, reliability, and scalability of services that run at Postman’s scale
Our take
Postman is a SaaS collaboration platform designed to streamline API development teams. APIs serve as the backbone for communication and data sharing across numerous applications, playing a pivotal role in today's device-centric landscape. The platform offers tools for testing, version control, and documentation, ensuring the efficient production of APIs.
Initially founded in Bangalore, Postman has since relocated its headquarters to San Francisco. With a prestigious clientele including X, Shopify, and Intuit, the platform boasts over 15M developers worldwide. Postman actively engages with the API developer community through various initiatives, such as hosting hackathons with enticing cash prizes.
The growing reliance on APIs to fuel digital transformation, compounded by the widespread shift to remote work and digitalization, underscores their critical importance. Moreover, the sensitive nature of APIs, given the data they transmit and the potential security risks, accentuates the need for robust development practices. Hence, Postman has thrived as companies seek to develop secure APIs efficiently to meet evolving demands.
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Insights
51% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Health care: Based on where you're located and the plans available there, you can have up to 100% of your and your family's premium costs covered by Postman, or receive a generous monthly allowance to supplement existing medical coverage
- Unlimited PTO: All full-time Postman employees have unlimited paid time off (PTO). We strongly encourage everyone to exercise this benefit to ensure that personal and work lives remain well-balanced, healthy, and fully charged. Your body, mind, spirit, and loved ones will appreciate it!
- Supporting healthy meals: We want to ensure you eat healthy each day. It's why we provide a taxable monthly stipend so that you can be nourished throughout the week
- Play well, be well: We're serious about your wellness. Whether it's a boxing club membership, hula classes, or a longboard, we're here to cheer you on to get out and get moving. We'll reimburse you for activities and items that bring you joy through our wellness and fitness program
- A room with a view: We want you set up for success! To help make your home office comfortable, we'll provide a one-time reimbursement for your office set-up and headphones. Internet and phone costs are also reimbursable on a monthly basis
- Career development: We support your career development by providing access to unlimited courses on Udemy and a book allowance. Enhance and uplevel your skills, and even learn something completely new!
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Abhinav Asthana
(CEO)They began their career as CTO of BITS360, which they co-founded in 2007, before co-founding Grayscale Design and TeliportMe. They used this entrepreneurial experience to co-found Postman in October 2014, aiming to simplify API development.
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