Who Are We?

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 offices in Boston, New York, 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 the Team :

Identity and Access Management team is responsible for creating a secure, reliable and seamless Identity Management Platform for all the Postman users. This is the team behind authenticating and authorizing every request that reaches Postman space.

Postman's Identity Interface is the gateway to access a plethora of Postman's services while enabling users to connect with peers to perform work collaboratively. A team of passionate engineers where each day brings new learning.

What you'll be doing :

As the Senior Engineer for the IAM Squad, you will:

Build and optimize the auth standards and protocols such as OAuth2.0, OIDC, SCIM, SAML and so on.
Contribute to the development of secure, reliable and scalable IAM platform components.
Involve in the research areas such as role engineering, session management and implement the standardized formats meeting cross-functional AuthN and AuthZ needs for the platform.
Empower the product with seamless, secure and reliable methods of enterprise onboarding by enabling broader integration areas of user and team management.
Contribute to developing APIs and products while working with a cross-functional team of Product Managers, Designers, Support and Product, Quality, Security and Platform Engineers.
Perform code reviews and advocate better practices for software engineering by mentoring and encouraging others around you to build a quality product.
Utilize your technical and domain expertise to help architect the solution and also help in cross-squad knowledge sharing on best practices.
Design & build any additional internal tooling required to ease the development & maintenance of the product.

About You :

6+ years of experience developing complex, distributed software applications at Postman’s scale
Proficient with Javascript, node.js, React.Js, and a strong understanding of web fundamentals.
Strong knowledge of Database fundamentals, especially on the performance aspects such as optimizing queries, schema design, indexing, and caching.
Proven record of building & products from scratch.
Has a point of view and prior experience collaborating and respectfully challenging other stakeholders, such as PM, EM etc.
(Bonus) Good understanding of auth products, protocols, and methods ( OAuth, SAML, OIDC etc.)
(Bonus) Previous experience with User/Team management, role engineering, and access control.
You enjoy learning and sharing knowledge within and across teams.
You have a product-oriented mindset and empathy for the users.

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. 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, London, 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.

Senior Engineer, IAM