Senior Software Engineer Manager - Ecosystems & Integration

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 simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Boston, New York, Austin, Tokyo, London, and Bangalore.

About the role

Postman is seeking a strategic and results-driven engineering leader passionate about APIs, partnerships, ecosystems, collaboration, and developer success. As the Sr. Engineering Manager for Ecosystems & Integration, 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.

You’ll work closely with other engineering managers, product managers, and designers to drive the vision and execution of the product roadmap that will empower developers and partners to create rich, integrated experiences. This role requires a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of developer ecosystems and a passion for delivering exceptional developer experiences. You will define our technical strategy to achieve ecosystem goals, including extensibility, integration frameworks, public APIs, and how customers discover, install, and buy apps via a marketplace.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Design strategies for developer success across many areas, including those in early stages of finding product-market fit.
• Experiment, design, and influence the creation of new experiences for consumers and new business models supporting builders, creators, partners, and developers.
• 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.
• Partner with leaders at strategic companies in the ecosystem to define high-value product offerings through Postman’s app and partner 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.
• Own the engineering roadmap for Ecosystem, including Developer Tooling, Strategic Integrations, and Marketplace, balancing short-term delivery with long-term investments.
• Break down complex initiatives into clear, actionable milestones and manage delivery to meet deadlines with high quality.
• Proactively identify and resolve roadblocks to ensure timely project completion.
• 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 leadership meetings, advocating for technical needs and constraints while aligning with broader company goals.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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, 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

• 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.

Pay

The reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from $260,000 to $300,000, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.

Benefits

• Full medical coverage.
• Flexible PTO.
• Wellness reimbursement.
• Monthly lunch stipend.
• Wellness programs to support physical and mental health.
• Frequent team-building events.
• Donation-matching program for causes you care about.

Schedule

This role is in-office 5 days a week for hubs in the 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.