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Postman builds the tools that power API development across the industry, and its Engineering teams work on infrastructure, platform, and product at scale. Postman has a track record of sponsoring work visas for Engineering hires, making it a realistic target if you need sponsorship.
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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 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 embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Austin, Tokyo, Bangalore, Hyderabad, London, and New York, employees are expected to come into the office 3-days a week. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on balancing flexibility and collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce, leadership team, and peers. The benefits of our hybrid 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.
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 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 embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Austin, Tokyo, Bangalore, Hyderabad, London, and New York, employees are expected to come into the office 3-days a week. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on balancing flexibility and collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce, leadership team, and peers. The benefits of our hybrid 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.
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Align your portfolio with API tooling
Postman's Engineering roles center on developer tooling, API infrastructure, and platform engineering. Before applying, make sure your portfolio or GitHub showcases work in these areas. Reviewers are looking for signal that you understand the developer experience problem space.
Verify your OPT timeline before applying
If you're on F-1 OPT, calculate your remaining authorization window against Postman's typical hiring timeline. STEM OPT gives you up to 36 months total, but your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify, which Postman is, so the extension is available if you qualify.
Target roles that map to H-1B specialty occupations
Not every Engineering title at a software company qualifies as a specialty occupation under USCIS guidelines. Focus on roles explicitly requiring a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a directly related field, since those petitions face less scrutiny at the adjudication stage.
Search Postman Engineering openings on Migrate Mate
Filtering by visa type and company at once saves you from applying to roles where sponsorship isn't offered. Use Migrate Mate to surface Postman Engineering listings confirmed for sponsorship, so your outreach is directed at positions that can actually move forward.
Get your offer letter reviewed before H-1B filing
The job duties and degree requirement in your offer letter form the backbone of Postman's I-129 petition. If the description is too broad or doesn't establish a specific specialty, USCIS may issue an RFE. Ask your immigration contact at Postman to confirm the job description is tight before filing.
Understand the H-1B cap lottery timing
USCIS opens H-1B registration in March each year for an October 1 start date. If you're interviewing in late fall or winter, confirm with Postman's HR whether they'll support the next available lottery cycle, since a missed window means waiting a full year.
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Find Engineering at Postman JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does Postman sponsor H-1B visas for Engineers?
Yes, Postman sponsors H-1B visas for Engineering roles. The process follows the standard USCIS H-1B cap lottery, which runs each spring for an October 1 start date. If you're already in H-1B status with another employer, Postman can file an H-1B transfer, which lets you start working before USCIS issues a final approval.
How do I apply for Engineering jobs at Postman?
Applications go through Postman's careers page, where Engineering roles are listed by team and seniority. Tailor your resume to reflect experience with developer tooling, API infrastructure, or distributed systems, since those are recurring themes in Postman's Engineering org. You can also browse open Engineering roles at Postman filtered by visa sponsorship on Migrate Mate.
Which visa types does Postman sponsor for Engineering roles?
Postman sponsors H-1B visas for specialty occupation Engineering roles and supports F-1 OPT and STEM OPT extensions for recent graduates. For longer-term immigration, Postman has pursued EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card sponsorship for Engineering employees. The right path depends on your current status, degree field, and how far along you are in the immigration process.
What qualifications does Postman expect for Engineering roles?
Most Engineering roles at Postman require a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field, which also satisfies the USCIS specialty occupation requirement for H-1B petitions. Practically, Postman's Engineering teams prioritize experience with backend systems, platform infrastructure, or developer tooling. Demonstrable work on APIs or distributed systems strengthens your application significantly.
How long does the sponsorship process take for an Engineering hire at Postman?
Timeline depends on your visa type. H-1B transfers from another employer can be effective relatively quickly once Postman files the petition. New H-1B registrations follow the lottery in March with an October 1 start date. STEM OPT extensions require your employer to be enrolled in E-Verify and must be filed with USCIS at least 90 days before your current OPT expires.
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