Engineering Manager, Liblab

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 requiring 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 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, 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.