Senior Engineer (Backend), Product Trust [Technical Lead Role]

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>Who Are We?</strong></h2> <p>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.</p> <p>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> <p>P.S: We highly recommend reading <a href="https://api-first-world.com/">The "API-First World" graphic novel</a> to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.</p></div><h2><strong>About the Product Trust Team</strong></h2> <p>The Product Trust team at Postman is responsible for building and maintaining highly secure, scalable, and reliable platform services that safeguard our users and their data. These services form the foundation of customer trust—from authentication and access controls to secret scanning, auditing, and compliance.</p> <p>We work across the stack and across teams, partnering closely with infrastructure, product, and security to deliver solutions that protect our global user base.</p> <h2><strong>The Role</strong></h2> <p>We are looking for an exceptional <strong>Senior Engineer</strong> who will lead the development of next-generation systems within the Product Trust domain. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in building critical platform components, enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, and has a deep appreciation for both security and user experience.</p> <p>You will play a key role in shaping the technical roadmap, owning delivery end-to-end, and mentoring other engineers as we build resilient systems at scale.</p> <h2><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Design, build, and maintain <strong>tier 0</strong> systems that are secure, scalable, and highly available.<br><br></li> <li>Take ownership of backend infrastructure that powers core trust and security features at Postman.<br><br></li> <li>Work with your manager and senior team members to evolve the technical<strong> roadmap</strong> for the Product Trust team and guide architectural decisions.<br><br></li> <li>Contribute to product design by bringing in a security and trust lens to every feature we ship.<br><br></li> <li>Lead engineering best practices in code quality, observability, incident response, and system reliability.<br><br></li> <li>Mentor engineers within the team and support hiring, onboarding, and planning efforts.<br><br></li> </ul> <h2><strong>What We’re Looking For</strong></h2> <ul> <li>5+ years of experience in backend or full-stack engineering roles, ideally in platform or security-focused domains.<br><br></li> <li>Expertise with <strong>Node.js</strong>, <strong>TypeScript/JavaScript</strong>, and <strong>web frameworks</strong> (e.g., React) along with solid web fundamentals.<br><br></li> <li>Strong understanding of <strong>distributed systems</strong>, <strong>databases</strong> (SQL/NoSQL), <strong>web services</strong>, and backend architecture.<br><br></li> <li>Passion for building products that are <strong>secure by design</strong> and delightfully simple for users.<br><br></li> <li>Demonstrated experience driving projects from ideation to production.<br><br></li> <li>Strong system design, problem-solving, and debugging skills.<br><br></li> <li>A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively across team boundaries.<br><br></li> <li>Experience with mentoring engineers or leading small teams is a strong plus.<br><br></li> </ul> <h2><strong>Why Join Us?</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Help shape the future of ... (truncated, view full listing at source)