Senior Backend Software Engineer, Postman

• Have 8+ years of backend engineering experience, with a strong foundation in Node.js and/or Golang
• Have deep expertise and experience in Kubernetes, Docker, Grafana, and modern CI/CD infrastructure
• Have built, maintained, and scaled distributed systems in production environments
• Think in systems: you’re passionate about observability, reliability, performance, and ensuring that these are understood by everyone on the team as it relates to our backend systems
• Can navigate legacy codebases and leave them better than you found them
• Communicate clearly and effectively especially in async and distributed team settings
• See beyond your function. You’re not just writing backend code, you’re building a product experience you believe in

Desirable

• The API client is the core beating heart of the Postman product experience
• It is what many users perceive as the entirety of Postman (although there is so much more!
• ), and we have ambitious goals in 2024 and beyond to delight developers and simplify this central product experience
• As part of this, we're looking for a Backend Engineer to bring depth, craft, and resilience to the infrastructure that underpins it all
• We have three major thematic goals we’re pursuing on the API Client team and you’ll be a key contributor in realizing them:
• Delight the Developer. The developer is central to Postman’s mission. We intend to meet them where they are—faster feedback cycles, GitHub-first thinking, and intuitive features that anticipate their needs and respect their time
• Simplify request sending and debugging. Postman’s power is immense—but we must distill that power into a smooth, low-friction experience that makes common tasks effortless and advanced workflows discoverable when needed
• Build the multi-protocol future. Postman isn’t just about REST anymore. We’re investing deeply in modern protocols—GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets—and tying them together into a seamless, end-to-end experience
• Behind every fast, reliable API call made in Postman is a constellation of backend systems doing the heavy lifting—executing code, orchestrating local runtimes, syncing data, collecting telemetry, and providing rock-solid observability. That’s where you come in
• The API Client is used by 80% of Postman users—your work directly impacts the daily workflows of millions of developers
• You’ll shape foundational infrastructure for one of the most loved products in the dev ecosystem
• You’ll join a world-class team that prizes execution, engineering rigor, and solving real user problems—not just shipping code