New York, New York, United States Hybrid Employment $210,000 - $240,000

Current openings at Postman is hiring a Backend and System Engineer, Flows

About the Role

Build and maintain robust backend services and system infrastructure for a workflow automation platform. Focus on scalability, reliability, and developer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and support backend services for workflow orchestration
  • Design and implement scalable system architectures
  • Ensure high availability and performance of critical systems
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate services
  • Optimize data processing and storage solutions
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues
  • Contribute to system reliability and observability
  • Maintain documentation for systems and processes
  • Work on automation to improve operational efficiency
  • Support deployment and CI/CD pipelines
  • Implement monitoring and alerting systems
  • Participate in code and design reviews
  • Ensure adherence to security best practices
  • Scale infrastructure to meet growing demands
  • Evaluate and integrate new technologies
  • Improve developer tooling and workflows
  • Assist in incident response and post-mortems
  • Drive improvements in system resilience
  • Collaborate on API design and implementation
  • Support cross-team initiatives for system integration
  • Manage configuration and infrastructure as code
  • Optimize resource utilization and cost efficiency
  • Work with distributed systems and message queues
  • Contribute to disaster recovery planning
  • Ensure compliance with operational standards

Nice to Have

  • Master’s degree in computer science or related field
  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems
  • Contributions to open-source projects
  • Experience with Kubernetes or similar platforms
  • Knowledge of service mesh technologies
  • Familiarity with workflow engines
  • Experience in a DevOps or SRE role
  • Background in performance optimization
  • Exposure to microservices architecture
  • Experience with message brokers
  • Knowledge of database scaling techniques
  • Experience with cloud-native applications
  • Understanding of fault-tolerant systems
  • Prior work on developer platforms
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid or remote options available

Team

Part of the engineering team focused on building and improving workflow automation tools

About the Team

This role is part of a dedicated engineering group building workflow automation tools. The team focuses on creating reliable, scalable systems that empower developers to build and manage integrations efficiently.

What We Value

We prioritize technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning. Candidates should demonstrate ownership, attention to detail, and a commitment to building high-quality systems.

Available for qualified candidates

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