Staff Engineer, Monetization San Francisco, California, United States
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Postman is the world's leading API platform, used by more than 35 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.

We are looking for an exceptional Staff Engineer to build the next generation of our Monetization Platform. You will be responsible for setting the vision for the long-term architecture of our Monetization Platform. You'll be accountable for strategy, technical roadmap, and architecture of the platform. You'll work with multiple teams within Monetization Engineering overseeing and contributing to delivery and owning critical KPIs such as availability and uptime. Your role involves designing, implementing, and running critical tier 0 services for the company. We're looking for a seasoned individual contributor leader who can work effectively with product management and engineering leaders within the company and build a high-quality platform.

The ideal candidate is a strategic leader with attention to detail and a relentless drive for quality. They should be comfortable being very hands-on and at the same time able to uplevel and provide high-level guidance for others to execute. They should mentor senior engineers within the org to grow the next level of engineering leadership. They should also be strong communicators who can influence other leaders. Finally, they should have strong industry knowledge and bring best practices from the broader industry to the Postman Monetization Platform.

What You'll Do

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

About You

• Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
• Strong experience with relevant industry standards in the ecommerce and payments ecosystem.
• 10+ years of engineering experience building end-to-end backend 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.

If the role is based in the greater San Francisco area, the reasonably estimated salary for this role ranges from $245,250.00 to $300,000.00, 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. Our frequent team-building events will keep you connected, while our donation-matching program can support the causes you care about.

Our Values

At Postman, we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency and honest communication about successes and failures. 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.

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