Postman

Technology

StaffSoftwareEngineer

$250–310k New York, New York, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Staff candidates.

The Brief

“Staff Software Engineer at Postman. Skills: API development, AI infrastructure, Developer experience. Build APIs. Scale AI infrastructure”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Solve technical problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years software engineering experience

Nice to Have

TypeScript experience

What You'll Do.

Scale AI infrastructure

Design developer experiences

Drive system design decisions

Identify scaling bottlenecks

Build for durability and scale

Ensure systems are performant

Ensure systems are observable

Ensure systems are secure

Ensure systems are resilient

Elevate skills of others

Partner with product designers

Partner with backend engineers

Partner with frontend engineers

Define polished interfaces

Define slick user experiences

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Backend engineers; Frontend engineers; Product designers

Communication Scope

Written communication; Verbal communication

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. About Fern, a Postman Company Fern helps software companies build a world-class API experience. Our customers include industry leaders like Nvidia, Square, and Twilio, as well as fast-growing AI companies like ElevenLabs and OpenRouter. In the next year, the majority of API integrations will be implemented by AI agents. Agents don’t read marketing pages. They need strongly typed schemas, structured endpoints, deterministic contracts, and documentation that can be fed into a context window. Our team is small and talent-dense. We’re a team of builders from Google, Palantir, Amazon, and Uber, working together in New York City. About the Role As a Staff Software Engineer at Fern, you’ll build APIs, scale AI infrastructure, and design developer experiences that reach millions of people. Set technical direction: Drive system design decisions around data modeling, performance, correctness, and reliability. Identify scaling bottlenecks before they become problems. Build for durability and scale: Ensure our systems are performant, observable, secure, and resilient under real-world production load across infrastructure (e.g., Vercel, AWS, Tu

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