Senior Engineer, Messaging Platform
Core
Designing and rebuilding a scalable, event-driven Notifications Platform to support AI-powered, agent-driven experiences and autonomous workflows for Postman's 45M+ developer user base.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Platform/Infrastructure)
Builds
Next-generation notification primitives, routing, delivery, retries, deduplication, rate limiting, and lifecycle management systems.
Domain
Developer Tools / API Platform / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, Event-driven architectures, Messaging systems, Workflow engines, API design, Observability, Reliability engineering, System failure mode analysis, Platform abstraction design, Technical strategy
Preferred skills
AI/Agentic product experience, Cross-team alignment, Simple solution design, Mentorship
Technologies
JavaScript, Python, Java, Go, PHP, C++
Responsibilities
Reimagining the platform for agentic workflows, Designing backend systems for contextual notifications, Building platform primitives for delivery and lifecycle management, Partnering with AI/Agent teams, Improving developer experience via APIs and tooling, Expanding observability across the notification lifecycle, Ensuring reliability and minimizing duplicate/stale notifications, Collaborating across infrastructure and product teams, Contributing to technical strategy and standards, Mentoring engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
