Engineering Manager, Liblab
PostmanAustin, Texas, United States$200k – $229kPosted 23 February 2026
Job Description
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.
** Please note that we're hybrid and requiring a three day commitment in-office. The team is based in Austin, TX -- remote is not an option**
The Opportunity
We look for engineering managers who love working on hard real-world problems and stay hands-on as technical contributors. Our managers lead by example, mentor and develop others while managing our core services. This role requires active technical contributions together with people management.
What You’ll Do
Architecting and roadmapping our core services.
Develop engineers on the team, helping them advance in their careers
Empower the engineering team to achieve a high level of technical productivity, reliability and simplicity
Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of the engineering management team
About You
You have 2+ years of experience serving in an engineering management role shipping customer-facing products.
Proficient in Typescript, and/or Python, Java, Go, C#, or PHP
You have managed a fullstack team of client, and backend engineers.
You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience.
You may be fit for this role if:
You have a track record of leading productive engineering teams
You’ve successfully recruited great people to your teams
You thrive on a high level of autonomy and responsibility
You encourage a healthy work environment that’s both supportive and challenging
You’re excited to help engineers develop new skills and advance in their careers
You’re clear and persuasive in writing and in person
You lead by example, by setting the right context, and by helping teammates do their best work
You’re technical enough to ask engineers good questions about architecture and product decisions
You’re an experienced engineering manager who has mentored other engineering leaders
You are very organized. With many people doing many things in a fast-moving company, strong organizational skills—both for yourself and for the team—will be required.
You possess exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
You are able to weigh several and often conflicting constraints and make rapid choices in a fast-moving and quickly-growing company.
Nice to have
Experience writing client libraries and SDKs.
4+ years of industry experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer.
Familiarity with professional software engineering best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing and operations.
The reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from $200,000 to $229,000, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.
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 well ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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