Who Are We?
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
The Client Platform team is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to help us raise the quality bar across our frontend ecosystem. You'll establish engineering excellence through improved architecture, performance optimization, and maintainable code patterns that ensure our platform delivers exceptional experiences to both internal engineering teams and our 35+ million customers. This role is a unique opportunity to have immediate impact on the foundation that hundreds of Postman engineers rely on daily.
What You'll Do
The Client Platform team is a global engineering organization responsible for creating a "paved path" for all Postmanauts to develop and release web-based applications. Our platform is the foundation that hundreds of engineers at Postman rely on daily to deliver new features and improvements to over 30 million customers. We manage everything from build tooling and shared libraries to development infrastructure, best practices and our cross-platform desktop application.
Specifically you will:
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Design and develop modular, well-documented SDKs and component libraries that serve both internal engineering teams as well as external developers, with focus on usability, accessibility, performance, and cross-platform compatibility.
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Architect extensible frontend systems with clear boundaries, well-defined interfaces, and appropriate abstraction layers that balance customization needs with consistency requirements
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Establish and evangelize architectural patterns that promote code quality, maintainability, and scalability across Postman's frontend ecosystem
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Champion engineering excellence through active participation in architectural decisions, mentorship of other engineers in frontend best practices, and creation of standards that become embedded in our engineering culture and measurably improve code quality
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Proactively partner with product and engineering to identify, prioritize, and eliminate technical debt through strategic refactoring and system enhancements, driving improved development velocity and platform reliability.
About You
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8+ years in Frontend software engineering with demonstrated expertise in code quality, performance optimization, and engineering excellence.
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Deep understanding of modern web technologies and best practices (JavaScript, TypeScript, React, state management, testing frameworks, etc.).
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Experience designing and implementing maintainable, scalable frontend architectures for complex applications, including component libraries and SDKs that can be effectively reused across multiple systems.
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Proven track record of raising the quality bar in previous roles through both technical solutions and positive cultural impact.
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Additionally, you are someone who:
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Communicates clearly and listens effectively. You seek new perspectives and build trust with your colleagues.
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Loves the challenge of constraints and excels at finding creative solutions.
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Takes ownership of problems, not solutions, and celebrates success as a team.
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Nice-to-have:
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Experience with cross-platform applications (Electron or similar) and understanding the unique challenges of desktop/web hybrid environments.
Creating widely-adopted (open source) libraries/SDKs with 1000+ active developers.
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. 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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