Software Engineer

About the Team

The Local Mode team is building Git Native Postman—the bet that an API platform should live where developers already are: in the repository, on the filesystem, right next to the code. Instead of building a separate integration for every Git host, we’ve built a Git integration directly around the filesystem. Collections, specifications, environments, flows, and mocks become plain files that move through branches, pull requests, and CI like any other source code.

This foundation also makes agents genuinely useful in Postman. With filesystem, shell, and Git access, an agent can reproduce a failure, patch the code, verify the fix, and prepare the change for review.

If you’ve shipped developer tooling or desktop-class infrastructure, enjoy owning ambiguous problems end to end, and have opinions about what developer workflows should look like in the agentic era, you’ll fit in quickly.

The Role

We’re looking for a frontend-focused Software Engineer to help us define and build the best and most intuitive Git-native API client for developers.

You’ll shape how repositories, local files, branches, changes, conflicts, synchronization, and collaboration should look and feel inside Postman. This is a product-focused frontend role with meaningful systems depth: you’ll primarily build user experiences, while also contributing to Node.js, Electron, workers, synchronization logic, and command-line workflows when needed.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build intuitive Git-native workflows for browsing and editing local resources, reviewing changes, resolving conflicts, and sharing work.
• Translate complex filesystem, Git, and cloud state into polished React experiences that developers can easily understand and trust.
• Contribute beyond the interface through Node.js, Electron, workers, asynchronous APIs, and command-line developer workflows.
• Design clear behavior for long-running operations, including progress, cancellation, retries, partial success, diagnostics, and recovery.
• Deliver responsive, accessible, and keyboard-first experiences that perform well with large repositories and deep file trees.
• Build quality through component, integration, and end-to-end testing, supported by instrumentation and user feedback.
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering to prototype new ideas and define what Git-native and agentic API development should become.

What We’re Looking For

• 2–4 years of software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping high-quality production experiences.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS.
• Strong Node.js knowledge and experience with Electron or similar desktop concepts, including processes, IPC, and workers.
• A practical understanding of Git, filesystems, command-line workflows, web fundamentals, and cross-platform development.
• Experience modeling complex asynchronous UI state while maintaining strong performance, accessibility, and predictable behavior.
• A commitment to testable and maintainable code, with experience in component, integration, or browser-level testing.
• Strong ownership, product judgment, and communication skills, with an ability to simplify technical concepts and navigate ambiguity.

Why Join Us?

• Build for millions. Help shape how developers around the world build, test, and collaborate on APIs.
• Define a new kind of developer tool. Help establish what the best Git-native API client should look and feel like.
• Solve meaningful product problems. Turn complex Git, filesystem, synchronization, and collaboration concepts into intuitive experiences.
• Own problems end to end. Work in a culture that values curiosity, ownership, trust, and winning together.
• Grow with the team. Receive competitive compensation and benefits, a flexible schedule, and meaningful opportunities to expand your scope.

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 value in person collaboration. We are in office 5 days a week for all roles based out of our hubs in San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Austin, New York City, Tokyo and London. For roles based in Bangalore, employees currently work in the office three days a week and will transition to five days per week by the end of the year. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce, leadership team, and peers. The benefits of our in 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.