Head of Engineering (customer Journey and Monetization)

Postman Postman · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA · Platform Engineering

This role is for a Head of Engineering focused on Customer Journey and Monetization at Postman, an API platform company. The company is transitioning to an AI-native platform where humans and agents can collaborate. The role involves leading multiple engineering teams, designing and running critical services, and optimizing customer journeys to drive growth. While the company is embracing AI, this specific role is focused on the engineering leadership and platform development for monetization and customer journey, not direct AI/ML model development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Hire, build and support multiple engineering teams. Be an effective manager of managers.
  2. Hire, retain and grow exceptional engineering talent

Skills

Required

  • Master’s degree in a Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
  • Experience leading and managing globally distributed teams
  • 5+ years of experience coding and familiarity with common programming languages (e.g. C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, NodeJS)
  • 10+ years of engineering experience building end-end back end services
  • Experience in recruiting, structuring and managing engineering teams
  • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects with a meaningful impact on the business
  • Exceptional problem solving, design, and analytical skills
  • Demonstrated experience designing highly scalable systems

Nice to have

  • Experience with commerce and payment platforms is a plus

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-native API platform
  • humans and agents can collaborate
  • building high performance teams in an AI-first world