Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 40 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.
This role is a part of Postman's Test Infrastructure team. At Postman, we subscribe to the principle that "Quality is everyone’s responsibility”. Every team member involved in product development also takes part in ensuring its quality. The Test Infrastructure team thus focuses on developing and maintaining the necessary tools, frameworks and infrastructure, optimized CI/CD processes, and best practices to augment the developer experience & increase productivity.
We're seeking a Software Engineer who will contribute to Postman’s test infrastructure scale and meet the next level of growth challenges.
What You’ll Do- You’ll bring an engineer’s perspective to develop the test infrastructure here from an inside-out perspective. You’re a developer who deeply understands and values testing too.
- Work with a small group of engineers to design and manage processes and systems that will improve Postman's reliability.
- Conceptualize, build, and experiment with internal tooling and frameworks that immediately impact product quality and simplify developers' lives.
- Contribute to performance measurement capabilities within test frameworks.
- Drive innovation and continuous improvement by actively seeking new ideas, technologies, best practices, and methodologies to enhance our platform and processes.
- Have prior experience (3+ years) working on large-scale JavaScript/Typescript applications
- Have strong fundamentals in test infrastructure and software design
- Experience working with a scalable test automation framework and continuous integration pipelines.
- Experience in conceptualizing and building test observability dashboards
- Energetic and enthusiastic with a bias for action and a track record of success in leading and delivering complex initiatives
- Hands-on experience with public Cloud infrastructure services (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experienced in using modern JavaScript tooling, including yarn, NX, Webpack, Babel, ESLint, UI Test Automation frameworks, Chrome DevTools
- Experience with performance testing methodologies
- Experience building and maintaining reusable libraries for open-source or internal developers
- Bonus: Experienced with ephemeral test environments and containerization
The reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from $150,000 to $180,000 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 embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Bangalore, 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 ValuesAt 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 opportunityPostman 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.
