Backend and System Engineer, Flows

Overview

Backend and Systems Engineer to help scale and maintain the Postman Flows runtime system for mission-critical API automations.

What you'll do

• Develop responsive backend APIs using modern technologies.
• Ensure APIs are secure and optimized for speed, scalability, and availability.
• Maintain operational excellence with test-driven development, strong test coverage, and playbooks.
• Benchmark, refactor, and optimize code for high performance and availability.
• Use observability and operational support to ensure uptime, reliability, and troubleshooting.
• Design and manage scalable, secure infrastructure in Kubernetes across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Use Crossplane for multi-cloud resource management and implement infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Helm.

What you'll need

• 8+ years of experience shipping production-level software.
• Strong foundation in Node.js and/or Golang.
• Proven track record of delivering impactful projects independently and on a team.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure APIs for AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Commitment to test-driven development and robust software practices.

Nice to have

• Experience contributing to 0-to-1 products.
• Background working with developer tools or similar technical products.
• Familiarity with developer tools for Serverless or PaaS.

Details

• Compensation estimate: $210,000 to $240,000 base salary plus competitive equity.
• In-office collaboration: 5 days a week for roles based in San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Austin, New York City, Tokyo, and London.
• Roles based in Bangalore work 3 days in office now and will transition to 5 days by end of year.