Senior Developer Advocate at Postman Inc

San Francisco, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

08 Jun, 26

Salary

230000.0

Posted On

10 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

API Development, Technical Content Creation, Community Building, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets, Python, Typescript, CI/CD, Testing, Version Control, Cloud-Native Architectures, Video Production, Public Speaking, Postman

Industry

Software Development

Description

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. About the Role We’re looking for a Senior Developer Advocate to join our Developer Relations team and help developers everywhere build better APIs, faster. You’ll serve as a trusted technical voice for Postman by creating compelling content, building community, and championing developer needs back into the product. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role. You won’t just talk about Postman, you’ll be hands-on with APIs, AI agents, and emerging protocols like MCP, translating complex workflows into accessible, inspiring content that reaches millions of developers. What You’ll Do Create technical content at scale: Write tutorials, blog posts, videos, sample projects, and livestreams that demonstrate API best practices using Postman and adjacent tools. Represent Postman publicly: Speak at conferences, meetups, podcasts, and webinars. Be a recognizable and credible technical voice in the API and developer tooling ecosystem. Build and nurture community: Engage with developers across forums, Discord, GitHub, social media, and in-person events. Lead or support the global Agents & APIs Meetup program and similar community initiatives. Champion the developer experience: Gather feedback from developers and translate it into actionable insights for Product and Engineering teams. Be the voice of the developer internally. Drive adoption of new capabilities: Create launch content and enablement materials for features like Agent Mode, API Catalog, MCP integration, and AI-native API testing. Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Product Marketing, Sales Engineering, and Education teams to ensure consistent, technically credible messaging across all touchpoints. Grow Postman’s reach: Develop strategies to grow engagement on YouTube, Substack, the Postman blog, and social channels through data-driven content optimization. About You 5+ years of professional software development experience, with strong API (REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets) and coding (Python, Typescript) development skills 3+ years in a developer advocacy, developer relations, or developer education role. Proven ability to stand up, run, and scale in-person meetups, including recruiting speakers, working with Partners and event management. A portfolio of published technical content (blog posts, conference talks, videos, open-source projects, or tutorials). Hands-on experience with Postman or similar API development platforms. Eagerness to get hands on with code, and work closely with engineering teams. Strong understanding of modern development workflows: CI/CD, testing, version control, and cloud-native architectures. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to make complex topics accessible and engaging. Comfort with being on camera, on stage, and in front of a microphone. Strong experience in Youtube and video content is a plus Self-directed, able to prioritize across content, community, and product feedback workstreams with minimal oversight. The reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from $210,000 to $230,000, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. 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 embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Austin, Tokyo, Bangalore, Hyderabad, London, and New York, employees are expected to come into the office 3-days a week. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on balancing flexibility and collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce, leadership team, and peers. The benefits of our hybrid 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.

Responsibilities

The Senior Developer Advocate will create compelling technical content, represent Postman publicly at events, and actively engage with the developer community across various platforms. They will also champion developer needs internally by translating feedback into actionable insights for Product and Engineering teams.