Software Engineer, Client Distribution

Who Are We? Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 45 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, Austin, Tokyo, London, 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. The Opportunity The Client Distribution team owns the infrastructure that releases, delivers, and updates all Postman client applications (e.g. Desktop App, Web App, Desktop Agent, and CLI) across every supported platform and OS. Our systems are the last mile between a merged pull request and 45M+ users getting the update. We own release pipelines, artifact hosting, versioning logic, rollout controls, and the tooling that hundreds of Postman engineers and release managers depend on to ship confidently. Responsibilities Own Distribution Backend Services: Design, build, and operate the backend services that host, serve, and route client artifacts to the right users at the right time. Accelerate Time-to-Market: Improve CI/CD automation to cut the time from pull request merge to external rollout - optimise build pipelines, artifact deployment, and release orchestration. Build Rollout Release Controls: Develop and extend tier-based rollout mechanisms and rollback capabilities through backend systems and the internal dashboards. Instrument Observe: Build centralised observability for client CI/CD systems and extend MCP integrations to make release lifecycle data accessible and actionable. Modernise Legacy Systems: Drive the migration away from legacy services to modern, maintainable infrastructure and new distribution platforms. Build Reusable Tooling: Create SDKs and reusable deployment actions that simplify integration across other client repos. About You 2–4 years of experience building and operating production REST APIs and backend services. Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL). Comfortable working in JavaScript-based codebases. Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure (CloudFront, Lambda, S3), CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions or similar). Familiarity with CDN architecture and artifact distribution systems. Experience working on platform or developer-experience teams where your users are other engineers. Nice To Have Node.js / TypeScript experience is a strong plus. Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB). Experience with release engineering or release automation. Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (AWS CDK, Terraform). Experience with Electron app distribution and update mechanisms. Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and integrations. Additionally, you are someone who Takes end-to-end ownership of projects - from technical design through delivery and operational support. Treats internal tooling as a product: gathers feedback from engineering teams, iterates, and improves the developer experience. Communicates with precision, sets clear context in async channels, and earns trust through results. Pushes for simplicity, defaults to automation, and isn't afraid to sunset systems that no longer serve the team. 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 prog ... (truncated, view full listing at source)