Postman · 23 hours ago
Staff Engineer, Identity
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$245K/yr - $300K/yr
10+ years expPostman is the world’s leading API platform, used by over 40 million developers and 500,000 organizations. They are seeking a Staff Engineer to build the next generation of their Identity platform, responsible for setting the long-term architecture, strategy, and technical roadmap while mentoring senior engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Developer APIsDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership for the architecture and help the teams build highly secure, scalable, reliable and performant systems that can cater to the needs of hundreds of millions of developers
Provide technical leadership to identify dependencies and review key designs to ensure consistency with architecture and support for the business
Lead the team to deliver on multiple projects in collaboration with key stakeholders
Build an operational center of excellence with effective observability, considerations for scale and performance and focus on quality
Be hands on and lead by example
Partner with the Sr. EMs within the org and product leaders within the company
Help the teams prioritize work and create a balanced roadmap
Work closely with senior leadership to drive org design, set and execute the roadmap and influence the strategy
Collaborate with cross functional teams to align on goals, drive engineering initiatives, and create broad organizational impact
Be a mentor for senior engineers and help others grow
Build the next level of engineering leadership
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in a Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
Strong experience with relevant industry standards in the identity management space (e.g. SAML, SCIM, SSO, oAuth, FIDO)
10+ years of experience hands on coding and familiarity with common programming languages (e.g. C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, NodeJS)
10+ years of engineering experience building end-end back end services
Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects with a meaningful impact on the business
Exceptional problem solving, design, and analytical skills
Demonstrated experience designing highly scalable systems
Sense of humor
Benefits
Full medical coverage
Flexible PTO
Wellness reimbursement
Monthly lunch stipend
Wellness programs
Frequent and fascinating team-building events
Donation-matching program
Company
Postman
Postman is a software company that offers a platform for the users to design, develop, test, and organize custom APIs.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$433MKey Investors
Insight PartnersCRVNexus Venture Partners
2021-08-18Series D· $225M
2020-06-11Series C· $150M
2019-06-19Series B· $50M
Leadership Team
Abhinav Asthana
Founder and CEO
Abhijit Kane
Co-Founder
Recent News
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