Head of Engineering, Infrastructure & SRE

Postman · San Francisco, California, United States

Posted 26 days ago · $290,000 to $340,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open: 26 days
Reposted: No
Salary listed: Yes
Ghost-job risk at Postman: high
Hiring momentum: 138 roles opened in the last 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board: 2026-09-17

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About this role

As the Head of Engineering for Infrastructure and SRE at Postman, you will lead a distributed team focused on building and maintaining cloud agnostic infrastructure that supports a high-traffic API platform. Your role involves setting technical direction, managing the SRE function, and ensuring operational excellence while fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. You will work closely with various engineering teams to align infrastructure priorities with company goals and drive initiatives that enhance reliability and performance.

Our read on this posting4.6out of 5

benefits: 4/5
freshness: 4/5
career value: 5/5
role clarity: 5/5
pay transparency: 5/5

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What you need

15+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or site reliability engineering, with 7+ years in an engineering management or leadership role.
Proven experience managing geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Cluster API, Argo, Helm, and Crossplane in large-scale production environments.
Experience with service mesh technologies, including Istio.
Deep experience with both AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure.
Demonstrated experience building or leading a Site Reliability Engineering function, including on-call, incident management, SLIs/SLOs, and error budgets.

Nice to have

Experience with GitOps workflows and infrastructure-as-code at scale.
Familiarity with FinOps / cloud cost optimization practices.
Prior experience in a SaaS or API-focused product company.
A passion for developer experience: building infrastructure and reliability practices that make product engineers faster and more confident.

What you get

Base salary range from $290,000 to $340,000, plus a competitive equity package.
Full medical coverage.
Flexible PTO.
Wellness reimbursement.
Monthly lunch stipend.
Wellness programs for physical and mental health.

Worth weighing

In-office work is required 5 days a week for most roles, which may not suit all candidates.
The role demands a strong focus on operational excellence and may involve high-pressure situations due to the scale of infrastructure management.

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Listed by Postman on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.