Senior Engineer Manager, Postman Insights at Postman

San Francisco, California, United States

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$275,000 – $310,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, SoftwareIndustries

Requirements

  • Track record of managing teams that deliver successful projects
  • Impressive portfolio of launched projects
  • Experience managing engineering for a user-facing product with a substantial backend component
  • Comfort with owning pre-launch and operational standards for such products
  • Experience managing a hybrid team distributed across time zones
  • Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment
  • Hands-on ability to occasionally roll up your sleeves to understand technical systems (no expectation to write production code)
  • Experience working on a 0-to-1 product (nice-to-have)
  • Experience working on B2B product and/or developer tools (nice-to-have)
  • Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and able to come to the office 3x per week (hybrid)

Responsibilities

  • Lead a tight-knit, hybrid team of high-performing engineers
  • Own the roadmap and process to enable rapid product improvements and backend/infrastructure enhancements
  • Grow an engineering team from nine to up to 3x the current size within the current year
  • Provide regular updates to the CEO regarding the progress of the engineering team

Skills

Engineering Management
Team Leadership
Backend Engineering
Infrastructure
Product Roadmap
Hybrid Team Management
Scalable Engineering

Postman

API development and collaboration platform

About Postman

Postman provides a platform for API development that helps developers and organizations design, test, document, and monitor APIs. The tools available on Postman enable teams to collaborate effectively, allowing them to share and manage APIs with ease. Users can access a variety of features through a subscription model, which includes different pricing tiers for individuals, small teams, and large enterprises, along with a free tier to attract new users. Postman has played a significant role in facilitating data exchange during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering API collections that provide real-time data for healthcare professionals, researchers, and government agencies. The company's goal is to streamline the API development process and enhance collaboration among development teams.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2014Year Founded
$422.2MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, HealthcareIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance.
Dental Insurance.
Disability Insurance.
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Life Insurance.
Mental Health Care.
Occupational Accident Insurance.

Risks

Rapid adoption of generative AI tools could increase competition for Postman.
Explosive API growth may challenge Postman's API management capabilities by 2025.
Data breaches due to exposed API secrets pose a significant security risk.

Differentiation

Postman offers a comprehensive API development environment for developers and enterprises.
The platform supports API-first development, automated testing, and developer onboarding.
Postman's subscription model caters to individual developers, small teams, and large enterprises.

Upsides

Postman's acquisition of Orbit enhances community engagement on the API Network.
Release of Postman v11 aligns with AI integration trends, boosting developer productivity.
Gartner predicts 80% of enterprises will use generative AI APIs by 2026.

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