Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Postman•San Francisco, CA

2d•$220,000 - $240,000•Onsite

About The Position

This team will build 0-to-1 products from scratch — innovative, strategic initiatives designed to unlock hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue. As a Sr Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will be deeply embedded with customers and partners, working at the intersection of product, engineering, and GTM to build high-leverage solutions that solve real-world problems at scale.

Requirements

6+ years of professional experience as a full-stack or backend engineer
Startup or founding team experience is a big plus
Customer-obsessed and energized by solving real problems with high business impact
Experience with AI Agents, API Platforms is a plus
Experience working directly with customers or in consultative roles (e.g., solutions engineering, CTO-as-a-service, technical consulting)
Strong generalist with proficiency in Node.js, Python, or similar backend languages, and React/Next.js or similar for the frontend
Experience building and shipping cloud-based applications (AWS/GCP/Azure)
Enjoy ambiguity and thrive in fast-paced, 0→1 environments
Excited about building systems and practices that can scale with a rapidly growing company

Responsibilities

Work closely with strategic customers and internal teams to deeply understand high-value problems
Design and build full-stack applications, integrations, and tools that solve real-world use cases with APIs at the center
Rapidly prototype solutions, validate impact, and iterate quickly based on user feedback
Own end-to-end technical execution — from architecture and infrastructure to frontend and backend development
Act as a trusted technical advisor and partner to customers, helping them unlock the full power of Postman
Collaborate with Postman’s product and engineering teams to influence roadmap based on field learnings
Help define and scale the Forward Deployed Engineering function from the ground up