Postman
Staff Software Engineer - Fern
$250K–$310K
San Francisco, CA, US · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
About the job
Build and scale APIs, AI infrastructure, and developer experiences at Fern, while setting technical direction and mentoring engineers.
What you'll do
- Lead system design for data modeling, performance, correctness, and reliability; identify scaling bottlenecks.
- Build performant, observable, secure, and resilient systems for production workloads.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate across product design, backend, and frontend to deliver polished interfaces.
What they ask for
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for solving technical problems with customers.
- Care deeply about building open source and developer experience as a craft.
Nice to have
- Experience building with TypeScript.
Pay
USD $250,000.00 to $310,000.00 base salary
Tools
TypeScript, Next.js, Vercel, AWS, Turbopuffer
AI focus
Scale AI infrastructure and build APIs and developer experiences for a future where AI agents implement API integrations.
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