Senior Software Engineer, Postman Insights
Senior infrastructure engineer responsible for designing and scaling backend systems that process real-time time-series network traffic and build AI algorithms for API analysis.
Senior Product Engineer (Backend) - NYC
Builds reliable backend systems for AI-powered revenue workflows, approval routing, collections agents, and scalable billing infrastructure. Owns end-to-end from ideation to production, focusing on distributed systems and customer needs in a fast-scaling fintech platform.
210k – 230kNew York, NYBackend EngineeringHybrid
About the role
Responsibilities
- Build AI-powered approval workflows configurable in natural language, turning them into deterministic business logic.
- Develop intelligent collections agents for autonomous payment workflows.
- Scale billing infrastructure for 10x throughput, optimizing storage, scalability, and cost.
- Design systems for high-velocity event streams, balancing cost, performance, and reliability.
- Build business-critical infrastructure handling production responsibility and on-call.
Requirements
- Shipped production backend systems focused on reliability.
- Customer-oriented with end-to-end ownership from ideation to shipping.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, sharing work-in-progress, and adapting based on feedback.
- Strong communication skills.
- Interest in distributed systems and resilient software.
Nice-to-Haves
- Deep relational database expertise for complex queries and performance.
Tech Stack
Backend: Kotlin (Http4k, Spring Boot, Exposed, Result4k) Storage: Postgres, BigQuery Async: Google Cloud Pub/Sub Infra: Google Cloud, Terraform Frontend: TypeScript, React Monitoring: Google Cloud Monitoring, Sentry
Compensation
- Salary: $210,000 - $230,000
- Equity: Meaningful share options
- 20 days vacation plus national holidays
- Competitive healthcare and 401K
Skills
KotlinPostgresBigQueryGoogle Cloud Pub/SubGCPTerraformSpring BootHttp4KExposedReactTypeScriptSentry
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