Senior Backend Engineer, Cloud Platform

Postman
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 210,000 - 240,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Communication","Problem-solving","Security mindset"]

Senior Backend Engineer on the Cloud Platform team responsible for building core backend services and infrastructure for Postman’s internal platform. You’ll design and deploy Java/Spring Boot microservices, manage deployment and scaling across Kubernetes, implement GitOps with ArgoCD, and integrate Istio, Terraform, and cloud-native tooling while collaborating with Cloud Architects, DevOps, and product teams to ensure performance and scalability at scale.

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Postman
Postman
11 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Cloud Platform

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Job Summary

Senior Backend Engineer on the Cloud Platform team responsible for building core backend services and infrastructure for Postman’s internal platform. You’ll design and deploy Java/Spring Boot microservices, manage deployment and scaling across Kubernetes, implement GitOps with ArgoCD, and integrate Istio, Terraform, and cloud-native tooling while collaborating with Cloud Architects, DevOps, and product teams to ensure performance and scalability at scale.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and develop backend services in Java and Spring Boot to support Postman’s internal Cloud Platform.
  • •Architect new services that manage service deployment, lifecycle, and scaling across Kubernetes clusters.
  • •Implement GitOps workflows (ArgoCD) to support continuous delivery.
  • •Integrate with cloud-native tooling such as Istio, Helm, and Terraform.
  • •Apply strong software engineering practices: testing, code reviews, CI/CD, and documentation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 210,000 - 240,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Medical CoveragePaid LeaveWellness StipendMeal Allowance

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of professional experience in backend software development.
  • •Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Hibernate (JPA).
  • •Proven experience designing and maintaining APIs and distributed backend services.
  • •Familiarity with Kubernetes, Argo, Istio, and Terraform.
  • •Experience with build and testing tools (Gradle, Maven, JUnit).
Experience:5+ yearsCloudApisSoftware as a service
Skills:CollaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingSecurity mindset
Languages:English
Tech Stack:JavaSpring BootHibernateJPAKubernetesArgoCDIstioTerraformHelmGradleMavenJUnitGitGitFlow

Company Brief

Postman
Provides a collaborative API development platform enabling design, testing, documentation, and monitoring of APIs. Widely used by developers and teams to streamline API workflows across development and testing lifecycles.
Industry: API Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2014
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