Postman
Staff Software Engineer, Business Platform
San Francisco, California, United States · Staff+
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About the role
- As agentic AI becomes the core fabric of how engineering is done worldwide, we want to be the leaders in how agents interact with APIs.
- You will be responsible for setting the vision for the long term architecture of various components in the Business Platform.
- You'll be accountable for strategy, technical roadmap and architecture of the platform.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership for the architecture and help the teams build highly secure, scalable, reliable and performant systems that can cater to the needs of hundreds of millions of developers
- Provide technical leadership to identify dependencies and review key designs to ensure consistency with architecture and support for the business
- Lead the team to deliver on multiple projects in collaboration with key stakeholders
- Build an operational center of excellence with effective observability, considerations for scale and performance and focus on quality
- Be hands on and lead by example
- Partner with the Sr. EMs within the org and product leaders within the company
- Help the teams prioritize work and create a balanced roadmap
- Work closely with senior leadership to drive org design, set and execute the roadmap and influence the strategy
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to align on goals, drive engineering initiatives, and create broad organizational impact
- 10+ years of engineering experience building end-end back end services
Requirements
- Master's degree in a Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
- Strong experience with relevant industry standards in the identity management space (e.g. SAML, SCIM, SSO, oAuth, FIDO)
- 10+ years of experience hands on coding and familiarity with common programming languages (e.g. C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, NodeJS)
Compensation
- This role is based in the greater San Francisco area, and the reasonably estimated salary for this role ranges from $245,250 to $300,000, plus a competitive equity package.
Company info
- The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Boston, New York, Austin, Tokyo, London, and Bangalore - where Postman was founded.
- The ideal candidate is also strongly aligned with our values.
- We are motivated by delivering the absolute best experience for our users.
- Your role involves designing, implementing, and running critical tier 0 services for the company.
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.
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