Senior 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 every Postman client application—including the Desktop App, Web App, Desktop Agent, and CLI—across all supported operating systems.

Our platform is the critical last mile between a merged pull request and millions of users receiving a reliable update. We build and operate the backend systems, release pipelines, artifact distribution services, rollout mechanisms, and developer tooling that enable hundreds of engineers to ship software safely and efficiently.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who enjoys building scalable backend services, modern deployment platforms, and developer infrastructure while improving the reliability and speed of software delivery.

This is an opportunity to work on the platform that powers software delivery across every Postman client application. You'll solve challenging distributed systems problems, build infrastructure used by engineering teams every day, and directly impact how millions of developers receive updates around the world.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and operate backend services responsible for artifact hosting, routing, versioning, and secure client distribution.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines to reduce the time from code merge to production rollout through automation and optimized release workflows.
• Develop and enhance rollout strategies, staged deployments, feature rollouts, and rollback mechanisms to enable safe software releases.
• Build internal tooling and dashboards that improve release visibility, operational efficiency, and developer productivity.
• Drive modernization of legacy distribution systems by migrating to scalable, cloud-native services and architectures.
• Develop reusable SDKs, deployment actions, and shared tooling that simplify integration across multiple Postman client applications.
• Build observability into the release platform through metrics, dashboards, logging, and release analytics to improve system reliability.
• Collaborate closely with Client Platform, Infrastructure, Developer Experience, and Release Engineering teams to improve the software delivery lifecycle.
• Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and operational improvements to maintain a high engineering bar.

About You

• 5+ years of experience building and operating scalable backend services in production.
• Strong experience designing REST APIs and distributed backend systems.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript or Node.js, with solid software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience working with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as S3, Lambda, CloudFront, API Gateway, or similar cloud technologies.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD systems, preferably GitHub Actions or equivalent automation platforms.
• Experience building internal developer platforms, deployment tooling, or engineering productivity solutions.
• Familiarity with CDN architectures, artifact management, or software distribution platforms.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and operational ownership skills.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative engineering mindset.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases.
• Exposure to release engineering, deployment automation, or software delivery platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CDK, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with Electron application packaging and distribution.
• Exposure to Model Context Protocol (MCP) or AI-powered developer tooling.
• Experience building reusable internal libraries or developer tooling.

What Success Looks Like

• Release pipelines become faster, more reliable, and highly automated.
• Millions of users receive client updates seamlessly with minimal operational overhead.
• Internal engineering teams can ship software more confidently through improved tooling and observability.
• Distribution systems become simpler, more scalable, and easier to maintain.
• Engineering productivity improves through reusable platforms, automation, and a strong focus on developer 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 wellness programs will help you stay in the best of your physical and mental health. Our frequent and fascinating team-building events will keep you connected, while our donation-matching program can support the causes you care about. We’re building a long-term company with an inclusive culture where everyone can be the best version of themselves. 

At Postman we value in person collaboration. We are in office 5 days a week for all roles based out of our hubs in San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Austin, New York City, Tokyo and London. For roles based in Bangalore, employees currently work in the office three days a week and will transition to five days per week by the end of the year. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce, leadership team, and peers. The benefits of our in office model will be shared knowledge, brainstorming sessions, communication, and building trust in-person that cannot be replicated via zoom.

Our Values

At Postman, we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency and honest communication about not only successes, but also failures. In our work, we focus on specific goals that add up to a larger vision. Our inclusive work culture ensures that everyone is valued equally as important pieces of our final product. We are dedicated to delivering the best products we can.

Equal opportunity

Postman is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Postman does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Postman will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Postman.