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Senior Software Engineer - Fern

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Postman logoPostman · New York, NY
Full-timeOn-site2w ago
AWSDocumentationLeadershipNext.jsPostmanTypeScript
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As a Senior Software Engineer at Fern, you'll build APIs, scale AI infrastructure, and design developer experiences that reach millions of people. Scale infrastructure to keep up with growth: Work on AI systems deployed on Vercel, AWS, and Turbopuffer that must be performant, reliable, and secure under real-world load. Stay close to customers: We work directly with API teams at companies like Nvidia, Twilio, and Square. You'll debug real production edge cases, shape APIs based on customer feedback, and ship improvements quickly. Collaborate across the stack: Partner closely with product designers and frontend engineers working in TypeScript and Next.js to define polished interfaces and slick user experiences.

Requirements

  • You have 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • We're building open source and we care deeply about taste - we're looking for builders that know developer experience is a craft.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to solve technical problems with customers.
  • Bonus: Experience building with TypeScript.
  • The reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from $200,000.00 to $250,000.00, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.
  • What Else?
  • Our Values
  • Equal opportunity

Benefits

Health insuranceVision insurancePaid time offFlexible scheduleEquity / stock optionsPerformance bonus

Additional Information

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 Fern, a Postman Company Fern helps software companies build a world-class API experience. Our customers include industry leaders like Nvidia, Square, and Twilio, as well as fast-growing AI companies like ElevenLabs and OpenRouter. In the next year, the majority of API integrations will be implemented by AI agents. Agents don't read marketing pages. They need strongly typed schemas, structured endpoints, deterministic contracts, and documentation that can be fed into a context window. Our team is small and talent-dense. We're a team of builders from Google, Palantir, Amazon, and Uber, working together in New York City.


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