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Staff Developer Advocate

San Francisco, United States

Who Are We?

Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 35 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 an office in Bangalore, where it 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.

The Opportunity

As a Staff Developer Advocate at Postman, you will be a strategic leader and visionary for our global developer community. Reporting directly to the Head of Developer Relations, you’ll help define and execute a comprehensive developer advocacy strategy that spans the entire Postman API platform—from our foundational API tools to our latest innovations like AI Agent Builder and Postman Flows.

We’re looking for a seasoned developer relations professional with a passion for continuous learning and a natural curiosity. In this role, you’ll translate your deep technical expertise into engaging developer-focused content that inspires, educates, and empowers millions of developers to do more with the Postman platform.

You’ll also champion thought leadership on “all things APIs,” including new frontiers at the intersection of APIs and Agentic AI. Leveraging your familiarity with AI/ML, intelligent automation, and workflow integration, you’ll quickly grasp emerging technologies and effectively advocate Postman solutions to the broader community.

As a senior member of the Developer Relations team, you’ll influence product strategy by channeling the “voice of the developer” into the product roadmap and mentor a team of passionate developer advocates to address the fast-paced, evolving needs of developers worldwide.

What You’ll Do

Platform Evangelism

  • Advocate for the full Postman platform and demonstrate how our core API development tools seamlessly integrate with products like AI Agent Builder and Postman Flows.
  • Develop and deliver compelling, high-quality technical content—including demos, tutorials, videos, and workshops—that highlights how our product ecosystem works together.

Thought Leadership & External Representation

  • Represent Postman at conferences and industry events through keynotes, thought leadership sessions, and high-level panel discussions.
  • Produce influential technical content—such as white papers, blog posts, and publications—that helps set industry standards and encourages innovation.
  • Stay current on emerging technologies and trends, using these insights to shape the future of API development and best practices.

Leadership & Mentorship

  • Mentor and guide developer advocates and emerging leaders within the Developer Relations team.
  • Foster a culture of excellence and innovation through strategic oversight, coaching, and by establishing best practices for the team.

Product & Marketing Leadership Collaboration

  • Gather and relay developer feedback to Product, Engineering and Product Marketing teams, ensuring alignment with community needs and driving continuous improvement.
  • Serve as a key liaison between the developer community and Postman product teams, ensuring developer insights inform product strategy.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives that enhance product adoption, boost community engagement, and improve market positioning.

About You

  • 10+ years in software development, developer advocacy, or a related technical role, including significant leadership experience relating to developer tooling, infrastructure SaaS and/or API platform environments.
  • Deep understanding of API design, RESTful services, and modern web development (knowledge of GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets, and MQTT as “nice to have”), prior experience with Postman or similar API development tools.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, intelligent automation, or workflow integration is a plus, enabling you to quickly grasp and advocate for AI Agent Builder and Postman Flows.
  • Outstanding public speaking and written communication abilities, with a knack for engaging both developer and executive audiences, delivering impactful technical and thought leadership content through keynotes, articles, video and product demos
  • Proven success in engaging global developer communities and influencing product strategy at an executive level.
  • Exceptional leadership skills, including mentoring teams and emerging leaders.
  • Strong commitment to empowering developers and enhancing their experience with technology.
  • A proactive approach to identifying industry trends and shaping the future of API innovation.

The reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from  $200,000 - $250,000 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. If you have little ones in your family, the creche allowance can help in supporting your work-life balance. 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, Bangalore, Noida, Hyderabad, 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.

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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.

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