Technical Recruiter - Contractor
Who Are We?
Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 40 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
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Technical Recruiter to join our team on a 1-year contract. This is a critical role in scaling high-performing teams across the organization, driving full-cycle recruitment, and ensuring a world-class candidate and stakeholder experience. You will work closely with leadership and hiring managers to influence hiring decisions through market insights, talent mapping, and operational excellence.
What You’ll Do
- Lead end-to-end recruitment for technical and/or business functions with a focus on quality, efficiency, and scalability
- Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to deeply understand team structures, hiring needs, and role requirements
- Develop robust sourcing strategies to identify and engage diverse, top-tier talent through multiple channels
- Provide data-driven talent insights and hiring forecasts to inform and influence hiring plans
- Drive consistent, inclusive candidate experience at every touchpoint, from first contact through offer acceptance
- Manage and maintain ATS hygiene (we use Greenhouse) and leverage tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, Gem, and other sourcing platforms
- Maintain a strong pipeline of passive and active talent while ensuring minimal time-to-fill metrics
About You
- 7 plus years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a high-growth, product-led tech company or global enterprise
- Demonstrated success hiring for senior-level technical and/or business roles (Engineering, Product, Design, Data, or GTM)
- Strong business acumen and stakeholder management skills; experience working directly with leaders
- Exceptional sourcing skills and a deep understanding of talent market dynamics
- An analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data to drive decisions and process improvements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High attention to detail, adaptability, and a proactive problem-solving mindset
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.
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.
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