Platform Backend Engineer: Kubernetes, CI/CD & Cloud

Pinwheelapi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great compensation and equity packages

Full medical, dental, and vision benefits

Flexible PTO policy

Paid parental leave

401(k) for retirement planning

Free Citibike membership

Pet-friendly offices and Zoom spaces

Job summary

Pinwheelapi in New York, NY is looking for a Backend/Platform Engineer to build and maintain backend platform services. You'll collaborate with product and engineering teams, ensuring reliable delivery and designing secure systems.

The ideal candidate will have 3–5+ years of backend engineering experience, strong skills in Python and Go, and hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and containerized workloads.

Join a well-funded company and be a cultural builder in shaping the future of financial services.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• 2+ years of platform, infrastructure, or DevOps experience.
• Strong experience with Python and/or Go.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend platform services that support internal teams.
• Develop internal libraries using Go and Python.
• Design and operate systems for secure data storage and transit.

Skills

Backend software engineering experience

Python development

Go programming

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

CI/CD systems

Infrastructure-as-code with Terraform

Observability tools

Problem-solving

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

CircleCI

GitHub Actions

Job description

Pinwheelapi in New York, NY is looking for a Backend/Platform Engineer to build and maintain backend platform services. You'll collaborate with product and engineering teams, ensuring reliable delivery and designing secure systems.

The ideal candidate will have 3–5+ years of backend engineering experience, strong skills in Python and Go, and hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and containerized workloads.

Join a well-funded company and be a cultural builder in shaping the future of financial services.