PostmanRelease/Distribution Backend Engineer
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.
The Opportunity
The Client Distribution team owns the infrastructure that releases, delivers, and updates all Postman client applications (e.g. Desktop App, Web App, Desktop Agent, and CLI) across every supported platform and OS. Our systems are the last mile between a merged pull request and 45M+ users getting the update. We own release pipelines, artifact hosting, versioning logic, rollout controls, and the tooling that hundreds of Postman engineers and release managers depend on to ship confidently.
Responsibilities
- Own Distribution Backend Services: Design, build, and operate the backend services that host, serve, and route client artifacts to the right users at the right time.
- Accelerate Time-to-Market: Improve CI/CD automation to cut the time from pull request merge to external rollout - optimise build pipelines, artifact deployment, and release orchestration.
- Build Rollout & Release Controls: Develop and extend tier-based rollout mechanisms and rollback capabilities through backend systems and the internal dashboards.
- Instrument & Observe: Build centralised observability for client CI/CD systems and extend MCP integrations to make release lifecycle data accessible and actionable.
- Modernise Legacy Systems: Drive the migration away from legacy services to modern, maintainable infrastructure and new distribution platforms.
- Build Reusable Tooling: Create SDKs and reusable deployment actions that simplify integration across other client repos.
About You
- 2–4 years of experience building and operating production REST APIs and backend services.
- Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL).
- Comfortable working in JavaScript-based codebases.
- Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure (CloudFront, Lambda, S3), CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions or similar).
- Familiarity with CDN architecture and artifact distribution systems.
- Experience working on platform or developer-experience teams where your users are other engineers.
Nice To Have
- Node.js / TypeScript experience is a strong plus.
- Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB).
- Experience with release engineering or release automation.
- Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (AWS CDK, Terraform).
- Experience with Electron app distribution and update mechanisms.
- Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and integrations.
Additionally, you are someone who
- Takes end-to-end ownership of projects - from technical design through delivery and operational support.
- Treats internal tooling as a product: gathers feedback from engineering teams, iterates, and improves the developer experience.
- Communicates with precision, sets clear context in async channels, and earns trust through results.
- Pushes for simplicity, defaults to automation, and isn't afraid to sunset systems that no longer serve the team.
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.