Postman
Postman sells an API development platform used by 40 million developers and 500,000 organizations globally. The company has raised $433M, most recently a Series D in 2021, and employs 3,548 people.
The growth story
Postman grew from 219 to 3,548 employees between 2019 and 2026, raising $433M along the way, most recently a Series D in August 2021.
About
Postman provides tools for building, testing and managing APIs, primarily targeting software developers and teams. Its platform aims to simplify API development workflows and improve collaboration between developers.
The company has scaled rapidly since its 2014 founding, reaching over 3,500 employees. Its $433M in funding includes investments from Battery Ventures, Coatue and other prominent firms, with the latest round closing in 2021.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Postman's largest function with 162 employees, suggesting a strong technical focus. The company's median tenure of 2 years indicates relatively high turnover compared to industry norms.
The Postman org chart
Abhinav Asthana (Founder and CEO) leads 56 mapped leaders with 4 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Operations 711 (+9% YoY), Engineering 451 (+23% YoY), Administrative 410 (+14% YoY), Sales 334 (+55% YoY), Education 164 (+11% YoY), Customer Success and Support 155 (+8% YoY).
Talent flow
Postman recruits heavily from major tech firms, with Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon being top sources. Its alumni frequently move to Google, Deel and Salesforce. Many employees attended UC Berkeley or Indian technical universities.
Most common previous employers of Postman staff: Oracle (28), Microsoft (26), Amazon (21), Google (20), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (20), Cloudflare (20). Former Postman employees most often moved to Google (18), Deel (17), Salesforce (12), Microsoft (11), Amazon (10), Atlassian (7).
Alumni worth knowing
The Postman mafia
Postman alumni have founded 29 companies, including Zidio Development (986 employees) and RapidClaims (95 employees).
29Harsa Dash, was Postman API Fundamentals Student Expert until 2023Jot Sarup Singh, was Product Manager until 2021Ryan Reynolds, was Sales Leader until 2023Akshay Deo, was Head of Importers until 2023Muhammad Zamil, was Postman API Student Expert until 2025Manav Bharambe, was Senior Software Engineer until 2024
Jen Dawson, was Head of Global Channel GTM Strategy & Operations until 2025
Victor Sanchez, was Lead Front End Web Engineer until 2020
Ayush Awasthi, was Postman Student Expert until 2025
Sankalp Agarwal, was Product until 2021
Aliasgar Murtaza, was Platform Engineer until 2020
Haroon Chohan, MS, MBA, was Manager, Solutions Engineering until 2025
Muskaan Sinha, was Product Specialist until 2025
Nivedha Vijay Venkatesh, was Support Engineering Manager, APAC & EMEA until 2023
Subhash Yadav, was Engineer until 2026
Vijay Rangan, was Full Stack Developer until 2017
Mark Crandon, was Business Development / Partnerships Executive Advisor until 2021
Pradyumn Awasthi, was Product Designer until 2021
Akhil Agrawal, was Product Analyst until 2022
Devansh Dixit, was API course mentor until 2022
Fran Mendez, was Director Of Engineering until 2024
Javid Jamae, was Head of Engineering - Growth until 2023
David Boyne, was Open technologies at Postman (AsyncAPI Initiative) until 2022
Kevin Swiber, was API Strategy Lead, Open Technologies until 2025
Tony Gorez, was Senior Systems Engineer until 2025
Ryan Nolette, was Technical Security Lead until 2021
Maaiz Elahi, was Staff Software Engineer until 2023
Sujay Koduri, was Head Of Product Engineering until 2025Hiring now
Postman is actively hiring, with open positions listed on its careers page.
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 34% direct, 55% search, 2% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Postman: JavaScript (395), Leadership (393), Python (Programming Language) (372), Java (344), Management (320), SQL (318), Microsoft Office (316), Communication (277).
Where the team actually sits
Postman people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (115), California, United States (72), San Francisco Bay Area (69), England, United Kingdom (23). 2 offices on record.
Search footprint
Postman attracts about 227,200 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $321K a month if bought through ads. It gained 14,118 ranking keywords and lost 13,199 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.20 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.30 / 5
Frequently asked
Postman has 3,548 employees as of September 2026.
Postman has raised $433M in total, most recently a Series D round in August 2021.
Postman was founded in 2014 by Abhinav Asthana, Ankit Sobti, Abhijit Kane.
Abhinav Asthana (Founder and CEO) sits at the top of Postman's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Postman staff are Oracle (28 people), Microsoft (26 people), Amazon (21 people).
Former Postman employees most often move to Google (18), Deel (17), Salesforce (12).
At least 29 companies have a founder who previously worked at Postman, including Zidio Development, RapidClaims, Bruno.
Postman attracts about 227,200 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $321K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Postman staff are JavaScript, Leadership, Python (Programming Language), Java, Management.
Postman staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (115), California, United States (72), San Francisco Bay Area (69).
Postman has about 711 people in Operations, up 9% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Postman has about 451 people in Engineering, up 23% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 588 current and 863 former Postman profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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