Senior Engineer (Backend), Integrations [Technical Lead Role]

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>Who Are We?</strong></h2> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>P.S: We highly recommend reading <a href="https://api-first-world.com/">The "API-First World" graphic novel</a> to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.</p></div><h2 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="1 3 []">About the Team</h2> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">The Integrations Team is responsible for enabling seamless connectivity between Postman and the broader developer ecosystem — from version control and CI/CD tools to messaging platforms, monitoring systems, gateways, and more. You’ll help build robust integration layers, APIs, and tooling that allow users and organisations to plug Postman into their end-to-end workflows with minimal friction.</p> <h2 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">What You’ll Be Doing</h2> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">As a Senior Engineer on the Integrations Team, you will:</p> <ul class="ak-ul" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="bulletList" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Design, build and optimise integration infrastructure and APIs that connect Postman to external systems — e.g., version control, CI/CD, monitoring/alerting, gateways, messaging tools.</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Work closely with product managers, designers, platform engineers, support and QA to deliver integration features that scale globally.</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Own the full lifecycle of integration development — from specification, architecture, implementation, deployment, monitoring and maintenance.</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Mentor and review the code of peers; advocate best practices in engineering, API design, performance, reliability, scalability and observability.</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Research and evaluate evolving standards, protocols and technologies relevant to integrations (webhooks, REST, GraphQL, event-driven systems, SDKs, CLI, plugin frameworks).</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Identify opportunities to build internal tools or frameworks that simplify building, deploying and maintaining integrations.</p> </li> </ul> <h2 data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="heading" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">About You</h2> <ul class="ak-ul" data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="bulletList" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">6+ years of experience building and shipping complex distributed software applications (backend systems, APIs, integrations) at scale.</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Strong proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js, and experience building backend services and REST-based APIs.</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Solid understanding of web fundamentals, messaging/event systems, asynchronous processing, performance optimisation.</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Experience working with databases and data stores — schema design, indexing, caching, query optimisation.</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Proven track record of shipping products or features from scratch, owning end-to-end.</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">You have a product-oriented mindset and empathy for users and their workflows.</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">You enjoy learning, sharing knowledge and collaborating across teams.</p> </li> <li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true"> <p data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Bonus: Prior experience building integrations with external tools or platforms; familiarity with CI/CD ecosystems, monitoring/alerting systems, or plugin architectures.</p> </li> </ul> <div id="content" class="highlighter-context page view" data-inline-comments-target="true" data-testid="page-content-only"> <div class="_1bsb1osq _19pkidpf _2hwx1wug _otyridpf _18u01wug"> <div> <div id="comment-container" class="css-1j0xdvf e3p9ckn0" data-testid="comment-container"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="reading-aids-portal-container" class="_kqswh2mm _1reoewfl _18m9ewfl _1pby1o8a"><span id="cc-reading-aids-highlight-spotlight" class="_tzy4idpf _kqswstnw _lcxvglyw _154i1ter _1ltv1rza _1bsb1rkg _4t3i1474"></span></div> <div class="_18s81h6l _1bsb1osq _p12fukw8" data-testid="view-page-labels-container" data-vc="view-page-labels-container" data-ssr-placeholder-replace="-JIDW:4y5Pz:qz-Pe:RPrst-0"> <div> <div class=" cc-53m100-container"><span id="react-select-2-live-region" class="cc-7pg0cj-a11yText"></span></div> </div> </div><div class="content-conclusion"><h2 data-renderer-start-pos="4036"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">What Else?</strong></h2> <p data-renderer-start-pos="4048">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.&nbsp;</p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="4048">At Postman, we embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Austin, Tokyo, Bangalore, Hyderabad, London, 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.</p> <h2 data-renderer-start-pos="3620"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Our Values</strong></h2> <p data-renderer-start-pos="3633">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.</p> <h2><strong>Equal opportunity</strong></h2> <p data-renderer-start-pos="4048">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.</p></div>