Backend Engineer, Integrations Platform

Pinwheelapi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great compensation & equity packages

Full medical, dental, and vision benefits

Unlimited vacation

401K for retirement planning

Free Citibike membership

Job summary

Pinwheel in New York is looking for a backend integrations engineer to manage platform projects end-to-end and enhance systems through AI integration. This hybrid role requires 3-5 years of experience, strong Python skills, and familiarity with AWS.

The team is dynamic and fast-paced, offering competitive compensation, including equity and full benefits. The role involves critical production operations, and the team is dedicated to shaping the future of financial services.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of backend integrations engineering experience.
• Production operations experience with real incidents and time pressure.
• Solid systems-design fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Own platform projects end-to-end, from scoping through shipping.
• Implement AI-assisted workflows for engineering processes.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and incident triage.

Skills

Backend integrations engineering

Strong Python skills

AWS knowledge

Concurrency and async patterns

AI-enhanced development

Education

Computer Science degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

FastAPI

Redis

gRPC

Job description

This role is hybrid with 3 days a week in our NYC office.

This position does not offer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Pinwheel - Building the future of financial services in partnership with the biggest brands

“I love my banking app!” said no one, ever.

Pinwheel is on a mission to change that. We believe banks and financial service providers represent the greatest opportunity to build 10x better experiences, especially in the AI age. We’re building the next generation of financial products alongside some of the biggest names in the market including Robinhood, DoorDash, Chime, Cash App, Credit Karma, American Express, Discover, Intuit, Acorns, Visa and more.

If you’re excited by the idea of having your work touch and impact the lives of hundreds of millions of consumers, Pinwheel is the place for you.

If you get stoked about building products alongside the biggest brands in the world, Pinwheel is the place for you.

If you want to join a scrappy, hustling team that is obsessed with defining the future of financial services, Pinwheel is the place for you!

Pinwheel has raised $77M from top-tier investors such as Coatue, Notable, First Round, Upfront, Primary, American Express, Franklin Templeton, Indeed, Semper Virens and more.

Who are we looking for?

This is a hands-on builder role on a small, high-leverage team.

What will you do?

• Own platform projects end-to-end, from scoping and design review through shipping and operation
• Scraping Engineering & Research Heavy Projects: You've worked on reverse engineering problems such as integrations, scrapers, automation, or platform work against systems that are moving targets. Familiar with the rhythm of “ship a fix, monitor for changes, ship the next fix.”
• Raise the floor for Integration Engineers through shared libraries, custom lint rules, internal tooling, and code review that catches systemic issues before they ship
• Apply AI-assisted workflows thoughtfully, both to your own work and to the tooling other engineers use
• Operate the platform in production: participate in the on‑call rotation, triage incidents, write postmortems, and ship fixes that prevent recurrence
• Stay on top of dependency and security hygiene, including CodeQL findings, CVE remediation, TLS/crypto updates

What qualifications are necessary?

• 3-5 years of backend integrations engineering experience building production services
• Computer Science degree or equivalent practical experience
• Strong Python skills (or comparable language with a clear path to ramping on Python 3.10+)
• Production operations experience: you've been on an on‑call rotation, debugged real incidents, and shipped fixes under time pressure
• Working knowledge of AWS. Experience with one of DynamoDB, S3, IAM, ECR, and the operational instincts that come with it (latency, retries, throttling)
• Possess solid systems‑design fundamentals. You can scope a small service, reason about failure modes, and defend tradeoffs in design review
• AI‑enhanced development: you've meaningfully integrated AI‑assisted engineering (Claude Code, Copilot, agentic tooling) into your workflow and have opinions about where it helps vs. hurts
• Comfort with concurrency and async patterns such as threads, gevents / greenlets, async / await, or equivalent

Nice to haves:

• Identity protocols at a working level: OAuth2, SAML, OIDC, MFA orchestration (Okta, Microsoft Entra, PingOne, Duo, ID.me)
• FastAPI, Redis, Celery, gRPC in production
• Fintech, payroll, or other regulated environments

Why join Pinwheel?

Best time to join - Our company is small but well‑funded, meaning you are joining at a time where you can impact and shape the company.

Be a cultural builder - You will have an active hand in molding the company culture and being a part of the entrepreneurial journey.

Build something revolutionary - Help build the products on the bleeding edge of financial services!

Benefits included:

• Great compensation & equity packages
• Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Life & short‑term disability insurance
• Unlimited vacation
• Paid parental leave
• 401K for retirement planning
• Free Citibike membership
• Pet friendly offices and Zoom spaces

At Pinwheel, total compensation is made up of salary + equity + benefits. We recruit motivated and high performing talent, and work to compensate people in line with the value they can bring to the organization in delivering outsized results. The expected cash salary range for this role is $115,000-$140,000 base.

Diversity & Inclusion at Pinwheel

At Pinwheel, we are committed to building an environment that is diverse and inclusive. We believe that having people across different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives enables us not only to build the best financial products, but to help us realize the best versions of ourselves. Pinwheel is an equal opportunity employer, and we aim to be an open and supportive place to work.