Software Engineer, Authorization

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. About the Team Identity and Access Management team is responsible for creating a secure, reliable and seamless Identity Management Platform for all the Postman users. This is the team behind authenticating and authorizing every request that reaches Postman space. Postman's Identity Interface is the gateway to access a plethora of Postman's services while enabling users to connect with peers to perform work collaboratively. A team of passionate engineers where each day brings new learning. The Authorization team is part of Identity and Access Management within Postman's Core Platform Engineering group. We power access management across every Postman product and service. As the agentic era reshapes how access works, we focus on building strong governance for both humans and AI agents. What You'll Do Implement and maintain features, improve performance and quality of Postman’s products Work on improving and building access control systems. Work with the manager for the roadmap and SLAs for the micro-services that you own. Perform code reviews and advocate better practices for software engineering by mentoring and encouraging others around you to build a quality product. Interact with Product, Design and Engineering teams to spec, build, test and deliver new features. About You You have at least 3 years of experience developing complex, distributed software applications at scale. You have experience with high-level programming languages — e.g. Node.js, Python, Java, or Go — and are ready to pick up and learn new languages based on need. Strong experience with distributed systems and cloud computing Has a point of view and is comfortable and prior experience in collaborating and respectfully challenging other stakeholders, such as PM, EM etc. You write testable, maintainable code that’s easy to understand. You use AI in your day-to-day activities, such as writing code and documentation, but more importantly, you validate AI-written code and artifacts. You have curiosity about how things work and to learn new things. Good written and verbal communication. Nice to Have Previous experience working with Identity and Access Management systems. Alignment with our Values . 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 f