Backend and System Engineer, Flows

Postman•New York, NY

53d•$210,000 - $240,000•Onsite

About The Position

Postman is seeking an experienced engineer to help scale and maintain the Postman Flows runtime system, which runs mission-critical cloud automations and is designed for low latency, high throughput, and high availability. The role involves developing, deploying, and operating backend services and infrastructure in a Kubernetes-based cloud environment as the Flows product moves toward general availability. The engineer will build and operate backend services, make key technical decisions and system improvements, and contribute through hands-on development as the team ships and iterates weekly. The role also calls for mentoring and serving as a role model for other engineers, and influencing work across teams in multiple time zones. Postman values in-person collaboration: roles based in its listed hubs are office-based five days per week, except Bangalore roles, which are currently office-based three days per week and are expected to transition to five days per week by year-end.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience shipping production-level software.
Strong foundation in Node.js and/or Golang.
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure APIs in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
A proven record of delivering impactful projects independently and as part of a team.
A strong commitment to test-driven development, operational excellence, and robust software practices.
Strong background in systems and software development, familiarity with modern distributed systems, and a proven record of delivery and impact.

Nice To Haves

Experience contributing to 0-to-1 products or building products from scratch.
Background working with developer tools or similar technical products.
Familiarity with developer tools for Serverless or PaaS.

Responsibilities

Develop high-quality, responsive APIs using modern backend technologies.
Ensure APIs are secure and optimized for speed, scalability, and availability.
Maintain operational excellence through test-driven development, strong test coverage, and detailed playbooks.
Work with frontend engineers, designers, and product managers to design backend solutions.
Participate in code reviews and share knowledge to maintain high code quality.
Collaborate with the team to integrate backend services with Postman’s architecture.
Benchmark, refactor, and optimize code for performance and availability.
Develop tools to automate engineering workflows and improve backend efficiency.
Support uptime, reliability, observability, and troubleshooting.
Design, build, and manage scalable, secure software and infrastructure in a Kubernetes environment across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Use Crossplane for multi-cloud resource management.
Implement Infrastructure as Code with tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Helm.
Make technical decisions and system improvements, and mentor other engineers.