Senior Software Engineer Manager - Ecosystems

About the role

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. We are headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Boston, New York, Austin, Tokyo, London, and Bangalore. We are privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with us on X via @getpostman.

The Opportunity

Postman is seeking a strategic and results-driven engineering leader who is passionate about APIs, partnerships, ecosystems, collaboration, and developer success. As the Sr. Engineering Manager for Ecosystem, you’ll build and lead a talented group of engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence while guiding the team to build scalable, reliable, high-performance features that power the future of our Ecosystem.

What You’ll Do

• Team Leadership & Development
  • Hire, manage, mentor, and coach several teams of engineers, helping them grow both technically and professionally.
  • Drive and uphold a culture of respect, integrity, inclusion, ownership, and accountability within the team.
  • Set clear goals and provide regular feedback to ensure your team is motivated and aligned with the product and company vision.
• Technical Leadership
  • Facilitate and coordinate the technical design and execution of complex features for Postman’s ecosystem platform ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability for millions of customers and partners everywhere.
  • Partner with leaders at strategic companies in the ecosystem to define high value product offerings through Postman app as well as the partner app and marketplaces.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineering managers, to deliver high-quality, customer-focused features.
  • Ensure engineering best practices are upheld, including code reviews, testing, and continuous delivery.
• Project Management
  • Own the engineering roadmap for Ecosystem, including Developer Tooling, Strategic Integrations and Marketplace, balancing short-term delivery with long-term technical and business investments.
  • Break down complex initiatives into clear, actionable milestones and manage the delivery of these projects on time.
  • Proactively identify and resolve roadblocks, ensuring your team meets its deadlines and delivers features with high quality.
• Collaboration & Communication
  • Work closely with stakeholders across engineering, product, and design teams to ensure alignment on priorities and deliverables.
  • Foster open communication within the team, promoting collaboration and transparency.
  • Represent the engineering team in meetings with leadership, advocating for technical needs and constraints while aligning with broader company goals.
• Operational Excellence
  • Ensure the reliability and performance of Ecosystem products by driving operational best practices for monitoring, logging, and incident response.
  • Optimize the team’s workflow by implementing automation and improving processes where needed.
  • Maintain a high level of code quality and system robustness by promoting test-driven development and continuous integration.

About You

• You are a seasoned engineering leader with a passion for building great products, fostering strong teams, and solving challenging technical problems.
• You have a track record of managing high-performing engineering teams and driving technical projects from concept to delivery geared towards helping 3rd party developers build impactful apps quickly and successfully (ex. Shopify, Atlassian, HubSpot, Slack, etc.).
• You must have 10+ years of experience as a software engineer, with 5+ years in an engineering management or leadership role.
• You have experience building and launching 0 → 1 ecosystem features, platform extensibility (UI components, frameworks, APIs), developer tooling and/or products for external technical audiences.
• You have proven experience leading teams in fast-paced, agile environments.
• You have a strong background in backend or frontend development (experience with React, Java a plus).
• You have demonstrated ability to coach and mentor engineers, helping them grow and succeed.
• You have experience managing the full software development lifecycle, from design through production support.
• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-Have

• Familiarity with API development, cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Prior experience working in a SaaS or cloud-based environment.
• A passion for building systems that prioritize scalability, performance, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Must Have Qualifications:
  • 10+ years of experience as a software engineer, with 5+ years in an engineering management or leadership role.
  • Experience building and launching 0 → 1 ecosystem features, platform extensibility (UI components, frameworks, APIs), developer tooling and/or products for external technical audiences.
  • Proven experience leading teams in fast-paced, agile environments.
  • Strong background in backend or frontend development (experience with React, Java a plus).
  • Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor engineers, helping them grow and succeed.
  • Experience managing the full software development lifecycle, from design through production support.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Nice-to-Have Qualifications:
  • Familiarity with API development, cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
  • Prior experience working in a SaaS or cloud-based environment.
  • A passion for building systems that prioritize scalability, performance, and operational excellence.

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.
• We offer a donation-matching program to support the causes you care about.
• We are building a long-term company with an inclusive culture where everyone can be the best version of themselves.
• 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.

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.