Frontend Engineer, Observability
Senior Frontend Engineer building Postman Insights, a 0-1 observability product. Own and rapidly iterate on data-intensive UX to help developers quickly find and fix API issues. Requires 6+ years frontend experience, strong product sense, and independent delivery track record.
About the job
What You'll Do
- Develop new capabilities for the Postman Insights product, focusing on frontend development to enhance user experience and making end-user impacting improvements to the UX.
- Quickly prototype, experiment, and iterate on core product features, specifically within the user interface, to ensure continuous improvement and innovation.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and other engineers to spec, build, test, and deliver new features efficiently.
- Contribute to frontend architectural and design decisions alongside the team, ensuring scalability and performance for the Postman Insights product.
About You
- Strong implementation skills. Can quickly write large amounts of efficient, high-quality code that works!
- Pragmatic and independent. Excited about finding minimal solutions to build the next feature and capable of unblocking themselves to solve problems efficiently.
- Good product sense. Deeply understands users and is able to work with designers and the rest of the team to make well-scoped plans for achieving user goals.
- Moves fast. We’re going to be prototyping and iterating with our alpha users weekly. We’re looking for someone who thrives on this pace.
- Excellent communication skills. We’re a distributed engineering team moving quickly, and clear communication is essential.
- Based in the US. Substantial overlap with the Pacific Time Zone.
What You'll Need
- 6+ years of frontend development experience.
- Track record of delivery. Impressive portfolio of past projects launched.
- Experience working independently. 2+ substantial past projects where they were the sole contributor responsible for delivering large parts of the work.
- Proven experience with modern JavaScript frameworks/libraries (e.g., React, TypeScript).
Nice To Have
- Experience working on a 0-to-1 product.
- Experience working on data-intensive UX.
- Experience shipping B2B products.
The reasonably estimated OTE for this role is $170,000 to $190,000 plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.
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.
Skills
React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Frontend Development, Ui/Ux
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