Software Engineer II (Backend), Product Trust

Who Are We?

Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 30 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 Twitter 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 the team

Product Trust is a team at Postman to ensure Postman is a safe and trusted platform for our customers. This team is responsible for building security solutions within the Postman ecosystem – from deciding what the product should look like to actually building and delivering it. Product Trust serves as the conduit between customer-facing teams and the engineering team, to independently deliver solutions to address the security, compliance and governance needs of our customers.

What you'll be doing

• Contribute to the development of products while working with a cross-functional team of other Developers, Product Managers, Designers, Support and Product, Quality, Security and Platform Engineers.

• Quickly build functional prototypes to solve internal and external use-cases.

• Contribute to the planning and development of major user-facing features.

• Advocate better practises for software engineering by mentoring and encouraging others around you to build a quality product that is secure by design.

• Perform code reviews.

• Own and execute end-to-end initiatives.

About You

• 3-5 years of experience developing complex, distributed software applications at large-scale

• Proficient with React.Js, Javascript/Typescript, node.js and a strong understanding of web fundamentals. Past experience working on API platforms and developer tools is a big plus.

• Strong fundamentals in operating systems, networking, and software design

• You enjoy learning and sharing knowledge within and across teams.

• You have a product-oriented mindset and empathy for the users. 

• Experience and Excitement towards working with global, distributed teams.

• Alignment with our Values.

• An innate curiosity about how things work.

Our Values:

At Postman, we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency & 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.

What Else?

We offer competitive salary and benefits, and a flexible schedule working with a fun, collaborative team. Enjoy full medical coverage, unlimited PTO, and a monthly lunch stipend. Yes, seriously. We want you to eat well wherever you’re at.) Plus, our wellness program will help you stay healthy from your location with fitness-related reimbursements. Our frequent and fascinating virtual 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, and we want you to be part of it.

This position requires you to be present in our Bangalore office on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays.