# Senior Software Engineer Manager - Ecosystems
**Company:** [Postman](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/postman)
**Location:** Cupertino, CA, San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $260K-$300K
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** React, Java, APIs, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, JavaScript, Platform Extensibility, Developer Tooling
**Posted:** 2026-03-24
> Leads engineering teams building Postman's ecosystem platform, including developer tooling, integrations, and marketplace. Requires 10+ years engineering experience with 5+ in management, strong backend/frontend skills, and expertise in launching extensible platforms.
## Job Description
## What You’ll Do

### Team Leadership & Development
- 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 that are still in the early stages of finding their product-market fit.
- Experiment, design, and influence rigorously the creation of new kinds of experiences for consumers and the new business models that will support builders, creators, partners, and developers.

### Technical Leadership
- 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 everywhere.
- Partner with leaders at strategic companies in the ecosystem to define high value product offerings through Postman app as well as the partner app and 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.

### Project Management
- Own the engineering roadmap for Ecosystem, including Developer Tooling, Strategic Integrations and Marketplace, balancing short-term delivery with long-term technical and business investments.
- Break down complex initiatives into clear, actionable milestones and manage the delivery of these projects on time.
- Proactively identify and resolve roadblocks, ensuring your team meets its deadlines and delivers features with high quality.

### Collaboration & Communication
- 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 meetings with leadership, advocating for technical needs and constraints while aligning with broader company goals.

### Operational Excellence
- 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.

## About You

### Must Have Qualifications
- 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 and/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.

**Compensation:** Base salary $260,000 - $300,000, plus equity.
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