Staff Software Engineer, Business Platform

Technical Leadership

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

Prioritization and Roadmap

Partner with the Sr. EMs within the org and product leaders within the company

Help the teams prioritize work and create a balanced roadmap

Collaboration

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

Mentorship

Be a mentor for senior engineers and help others grow

Build the next level of engineering leadership

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)

10+ years of engineering experience building end-end back end services

Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects with a meaningful impact on the business

Exceptional problem solving, design, and analytical skills

Demonstrated experience designing highly scalable systems

Bias for action

Sense of humor

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. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.

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. 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. We’re 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.

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. In 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.

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.