Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 35 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 an office in Bangalore, where it 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.
P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an exceptional Senior Engineering Manager to build the next generation of our Identity platform. You will be responsible for leading multiple teams within Identity Engineering. Your role involves designing, implementing, and running critical tier 0 services for the company. We’re looking for a seasoned leader who can work effectively with product management and engineering leaders within the company and build a high quality platform.
The ideal candidate is a strategic leader with attention to detail and a relentless drive for quality. They should be able to strike a balance between short term needs and long term objectives. They should also be able to build and motivate high performing teams, and be generous listeners to their team members and peers alike.
The ideal candidate is also strongly aligned with our values. We create with the same curiosity we see in our users. We value transparency and honest communication about our successes and failures. We have an inclusive work culture where we value diversity of opinion. We are motivated by delivering the absolute best experience for our users.
What You'll Do
- People Leadership
- Hire, build and support multiple engineering teams. Be an effective manager of managers.
- Hire, retain and grow exceptional engineering talent
- 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
- Decision Making and Goal Setting
- Help the teams prioritize work, create a balanced roadmap
- Define, measure and own key metrics for the performance of your team and set clear expectations and goals
- 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
About You
- Master’s degree in a Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
- Experience with industry standards in the identity management space (e.g. SAML, SCIM, SSO, oAuth, FIDO) is a plus
- 5+ years of experience 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
- 5+ years of experience in recruiting, structuring and managing engineering teams
- 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
If the 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. If you have little ones in your family, the creche allowance can help in supporting your work-life balance. 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 embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Bangalore, Noida, Hyderabad, and New York, employees are expected to come into the office 3-days a week. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on balancing flexibility and collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce, leadership team, and peers. The benefits of our hybrid 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 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.
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What We Do
Postman is the world’s leading API platform. Postman's features simplify each step of building an API and streamline collaboration to help create better APIs—faster. More than 20 million developers and 500,000 organizations across the globe use Postman today.
Our customers are doing more and more astounding things with the Postman product every day, and as a result, we are growing rapidly.
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