Senior Engineer, API Network

Postman; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical coverage

Flexible PTO

Wellness reimbursement

Monthly lunch stipend

Team-building events

Job summary

Postman is seeking a Senior Engineer (Full Stack) based in Bangalore to build and scale API-first products. You will work with product managers, designers, and engineers across support, quality, security, and platform teams to deliver high-performance user experiences.

You will mentor peers, contribute to roadmaps, architect collection systems, and drive architectural evolution while owning system maturation and reliability.

Qualifications

• Cloud and distributed systems experience, including customer-facing systems at scale.
• Solid understanding of databases and data storage principles.
• Experience across frontend, networking, and backend fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future of APIs and products with cross-functional teams.
• Prototype features rapidly to address internal and external use-cases.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers.

Skills

Cloud & Distributed Systems

Database fundamentals

Frontend basics

Backend engineering

Code craftsmanship

Effective communicator

Curious learner

Job description

Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 45 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 collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Boston, New York, Austin, Tokyo, London, and Bangalore - where Postman was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman.

API Network is a one stop solution for discovering, learning about, and using the APIs you need across public, internal and partner workspaces. Postman’s Public API Network is the world’s largest network of public APIs. Private Network is a centralized, internal catalog that serves as an organization's single source of truth for corporate APIs, internal workspaces, collections, and environments.

We’re looking for a Senior Engineer (Full Stack) who thrives in building seamless, high-performance user experiences and goes beyond silos to deliver value to the users. If you exhibit high ownership, have a bias for action, love solving complex problems, and are curious about products that are used by millions of developers, this role is for you!

What You’ll Do

• Shape the Future of APIs: Contribute to the development of cutting-edge APIs and products in collaboration with a dynamic, cross-functional team that includes Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers specializing in Support, Quality, Security, and Platform.
• Innovate Through Prototypes: Rapidly construct functional prototypes to address both internal and external use-cases, driving our product’s evolution.
• Lead & Mentor: Offer technical leadership and mentorship to your fellow engineers, sharing best practices and elevating our collective expertise.
• Shape Our Path: Be an integral contributor to roadmap planning, coordinating with all stakeholders to align our products with strategic goals.
• Own Systems Architecting: Lead the architecting and design of collection systems, partnering with stakeholders to ensure robust functionality and strategic integration.
• Enhance System Maturity: Take ownership of the maturation of existing systems, defining initiatives to enhance functionality, reliability, and performance.
• Drive Architectural Evolution: Identify and champion initiatives that drive architectural improvement and innovation.

About You

• Cloud and Distributed Systems Expert: You bring experience with cloud computing and distributed systems, having worked on customer-facing systems at scale.
• Database Maestro: Your knowledge of database fundamentals and data storage principles is solid.
• Versatile Developer: A fair understanding of front-end technologies, networking, analytics at a fundamental level, and proficiency in Backend engineering characterize your skill set.
• Passionate Technologist: You're driven by a passion for utilizing various tools and technologies to devise end-to-end solutions.
• Code Craftsperson: Your code is testable, maintainable, and easy to understand by others.
• Communicator: You can demystify technical concepts, effectively sharing knowledge with product managers, designers, support, and other engineers.
• Curious Learner: An insatiable curiosity moves you to understand how things work and to constantly learn, absorb, and share new knowledge.

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. 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.

• full medical coverage
• flexible PTO
• wellness reimbursement
• 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.

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, New York City, 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.

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. 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.

Equal opportunity

Postman is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff… 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.