Postman
Technology
SeniorSoftwareEngineer,ClientPlatform
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“Senior Software Engineer, Client Platform at Postman. Skills: Frontend architecture, Component libraries, SDKs. Design SDKs. Develop SDKs”
What You'll Achieve.
Raise quality bar; Deliver exceptional experiences; Improve development velocity; Improve platform reliability
Industry & Context.
Creative solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years Frontend software engineering, Demonstrated expertise in code quality, Demonstrated expertise in performance optimization, Demonstrated expertise in engineering excellence, Deep understanding of modern web technologies, Deep understanding of best practices, Experience designing frontend architectures, Experience implementing frontend architectures, Experience with component libraries, Experience with SDKs, Proven track record of raising quality bar
Nice to Have
Experience with cross-platform applications, Experience with Electron, Understanding of desktop/web hybrid environments, Creating widely-adopted libraries/SDKs, Libraries/SDKs with 1000+ active developers
What You'll Do.
Design component libraries
Develop component libraries
Document component libraries
Architect frontend systems
Establish architectural patterns
Evangelize architectural patterns
Champion engineering excellence
Participate in architectural decisions
Partner with engineering
Identify technical debt
Prioritize technical debt
Eliminate technical debt
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Engineering teams; Product teams
Communication Scope
Communicate clearly; Listen effectively
Full Job Description
Who Are We? 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. 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: Design and develop modular, well-documented SDKs and component libraries that serve both internal engineering teams
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