Job Description

Senior Backend Software Engineer, API Client (NodeJS)

Who Are We?

Postman is the worlds leading API platform, used by more than 40 million developers and 500,000 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, and Bangalore - where Postman was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners.

The API client is the core beating heart of the Postman product experience. It is what many users perceive as the entirety of Postman, 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 were pursuing on the API Client team and youll be a key contributor in realizing them:

• Delight the Developer. The developer is central to Postmans mission. We intend to meet them where they arefaster feedback cycles, GitHub-first thinking, and intuitive features that anticipate their needs and respect their time.
• Simplify request sending and debugging. Postmans power is immensebut 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 isnt just about REST anymore. Were investing deeply in modern protocolsGraphQL, gRPC, WebSocketsand 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 liftingexecuting code, orchestrating local runtimes, syncing data, collecting telemetry, and providing rock-solid observability. Thats where you come in.

About You

• 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: youre 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. Youre not just writing backend code, youre building a product experience you believe in.

Nice-to-Haves

• Familiarity with distributed tracing tools (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Jaeger).
• Knowledge of CRDTs, real-time systems, or collaborative libraries and technologies like yjs
• Past experience in developer tools or API platforms.

Why This Role?

• The API Client is used by 80% of Postman usersyour work directly impacts the daily workflows of millions of developers.
• Youll shape foundational infrastructure for one of the most loved products in the dev ecosystem.
• Youll join a world-class team that prizes execution, engineering rigor, and solving real user problemsnot just shipping code.

The reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from $210,000 to $240,000, plus a competitive equity package.

What Else?

In addition to Postman's 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.

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.

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.

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