Software Engineer - Search

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 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.

About Us

Search Team at Postman is responsible for enabling users to quickly find and get started with the APIs that they are looking for. Postman is growing at a rapid pace, and this manifests into an ever-increasing volume of data that users create and consume, within their teams and in the Public API Network. We focus on improving discovery and ease of consumption over this data.

The Role

We’re looking for a Software Engineer (Full Stack) who thrives in building seamless, high-performance user experiences and goes beyond silos to deliver value to the users. If you have a bias for action, love solving complex problems, and are curious to products that are used by millions of developers, this role is for you!

What You’ll Do

• Own and build intuitive, secure, performant, and scalable end-to-end experiences for search.
• Work across full stack with a strong focus on frontend engineering.
• Optimize search UX with strong focus on customer needs.
• Collaborate with backend engineers, designers, and product managers to improve search experience in Postman.
• Be curious and proactive—dive into work beyond silos to iterate fast, and deliver incremental improvements.
• Quickly build functional prototypes to solve internal and external use-cases.
• Contribute to our engineering culture by sharing knowledge, reviewing code, and mentoring peers.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• 2-5 years of experience as a full-stack engineer, with a strong focus on frontend development.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, React and strong web fundamentals.
• Experience with Node.js/Python, databases (SQL/NoSQL), and web services.
• Strong understanding of software development fundamentals & infrastructure.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a bias for action—you get things done under constraints!
• Love building products that would create value for our users.
• A mindset for collaboration and experimentation with a willingness to explore beyond silos.
  
  

Why Join Us?

• Work on a high-velocity team enabling and improving search for millions of developers.
• Be part of a company that values curiosity, ownership, trust and winning together under constraints.
• We offer competitive salary and benefits, and a flexible schedule and opportunities for growth.
  
  

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, 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.