Pinwheel
Pinwheel is working to create a fairer financial system by unlocking API access to payroll systems. Pinwheel provides a platform allowing consumers to connect their payroll account to any app. By building pipes that connect these systems to banks, lenders, and other service providers, we help underserved consumers gain equitable access to today’s financial products when they need them the most.
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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, Credit Karma, Amex, 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?
Pinwheel is looking for a Platform Engineer who thrives at the intersection of backend engineering, infrastructure, and developer enablement. This role owns the systems our engineering team depends on to build, deploy, and scale products; everything from Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines to observability and infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
You’ll work closely with product and engineering teams to enable fast, reliable delivery while designing systems that are secure, scalable, and built for the future.
What will you do?
- Build and maintain backend platform services and features that support internal teams and product development
- Develop internal libraries and tooling using Go and Python
- Design and operate systems related to authentication, public key infrastructure (PKI), and secure data storage and transit
- Provision, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure for reliability, scalability, and performance
- Support new product initiatives by deploying and managing microservices in Kubernetes environments
- Design and manage infrastructure-as-code and deployment workflows using Terraform, Helm, and GitOps tools (e.g., Flux, ArgoCD)
- Improve CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows using tools like CircleCI and GitHub Actions
- Implement observability solutions (metrics, logging, alerting) to improve system visibility and operational response
- Architect secure, cloud-native solutions across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
- Partner with engineering teams to deliver production-ready, compliant platform capabilities
What qualifications are necessary?
- 3–5+ years of backend software engineering experience
- 2+ years of platform, infrastructure, or DevOps experience
- Strong experience with Go and/or Python
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and cloud-native architectures
- Experience running containerized workloads, especially in Kubernetes
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Helm
- Experience with CI/CD systems and modern delivery practices (GitOps, CircleCI, GitHub Actions)
- Experience with observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana
- Strong understanding of building reliable, scalable, high-performance systems
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and work independently in unfamiliar systems
- A curious, self-directed mindset with strong problem-solving skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with PKI, encryption, mTLS, or security-focused infrastructure
- Familiarity with GitOps tools like Flux or ArgoCD
- Experience integrating AI tooling (e.g., MCP servers) into production environments
- Exposure to compliance-focused systems (PCI, SOC 2, ISO, etc.)
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!
Belong - Join a community that is passionate and relentless about building fairer financial systems for all.
Benefits included:
- Great compensation & equity packages
- Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life & short-term disability insurance
- Flexible PTO policy that prioritizes recharge and balance
- Paid parental leave
- 401K for retirement planning
- Mentorship opportunities
- 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 talent market is competitive, and maintaining our ability to recruit and retain the best team possible is a top priority for Pinwheel. When creating an offer, we consider interview performance, candidate experience, external market competitiveness, and internal equity in thoughtfully assessing compensation. The expected cash salary range for this role is $150,000 - $180,000 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.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Pinwheel
**Ability to work 3 days a week in our NYC office preferred.**
**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, Credit Karma, Amex, Discover, Intuit, X Money, 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.
We’re hiring a world-class Engineer
Pinwheel is looking for a creative product-focused engineer that craves autonomy and impact in their role to work across Pinwheel’s entire customer-facing stack. Product Engineering is at the heart of what we do here, and this role will help select and lead impactful projects that touch the surfaces our customers use every day. You’ll work on a nimble team, working directly with cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering, Product, and Design, to execute this mission-critical work.
You’ll focus mostly on back-end engineering work (web-based microservices, customer-facing APIs), with some supporting front-end engineering work as well.
Finally, you’ll join a team known for high-velocity, high-quality output and contribute to leveling up that team through mentorship and continuous improvement of our processes and standards.
What will you do?
- Deeply understand our customer needs and design systems to solve them
- Build, scale, and evolve the data models, services, and systems that power our APIs
- Design and ship impactful new functionality in our products, especially focused on our internal and customer-facing back-end APIs
- Maintain and improve our Python-based microservice stack
- Support (and at times lead) the development of new products in the Pinwheel ecosystem, balancing high product velocity with quality and reliability
- Contribute to iterative technical quality: we pay down tech debt while we’re working on new projects and expect you to be a leader in the responsible pay-down of tech debt
- Create and improve tooling, processes, and engineering standards across the team
- Mentor engineers and help the team grow
What qualifications are necessary?
- 5+ years of experience building and maintaining back-end or full-stack applications: data modeling, application logic, and API design
- Prior experience working at an early-stage startup or small tech company
- Deep expertise with modern back-end languages/frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Django, Rails, Gin)
- At least some experience working with modern frontend web frameworks (React, Vue, etc.)
- Prior experience working on API-based products is a big plus
- Played key implementation roles in projects with multiple teams and engineers
- Desire to learn new systems and technology as our business evolves
- Ability to design systems and evaluate the tradeoffs in scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability
- Passion for working closely with customers
- Creativity, empathy, and a drive for continuous improvement
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!
Belong - Join a community that is passionate and relentless about building fairer financial systems for all.
Benefits included:
- Great compensation & equity packages
- Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life & short-term disability insurance
- Generous flexible PTO policy that prioritizes recharge and balance
- Paid parental leave
- 401K for retirement planning
- Mentorship opportunities
- 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 talent market is competitive, and maintaining our ability to recruit and retain the best team possible is a top priority for Pinwheel. When creating an offer, we consider interview performance, candidate experience, external market competitiveness, and internal equity in thoughtfully assessing compensation.
The expected cash salary range for this role is $160,000 - $190,000 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.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Pinwheel
**Ability to work 3 days a week in our NYC office preferred.**
**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, Credit Karma, Amex, 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.
We’re hiring a world-class Engineer
Pinwheel is looking for a creative product-focused engineer that craves autonomy and impact in their role to work across Pinwheel’s entire customer-facing stack. Product Engineering is at the heart of what we do here, and this role will help select and lead impactful projects that touch the surfaces our customers use every day. You’ll work on a nimble team, working directly with cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering, Product, and Design, to execute this mission-critical work.
You’ll focus mostly on front-end engineering work (web app development and mobile SDK development), with some supporting back-end engineering work as well.
Finally, you’ll join a team known for high-velocity, high-quality output and contribute to leveling up that team through mentorship and continuous improvement of our processes and standards.
What will you do?
- Deeply understand our customer needs and design systems to meet them
- Architect and develop frontend experiences used by every Pinwheel customer, partner, and user
- Maintain and improve our admin and customer web applications, as well as our best-in-class web and mobile SDKs
- Support (and at times lead) the development of new products in the Pinwheel ecosystem, balancing high product velocity with quality and reliability
- Contribute to iterative technical quality: we pay down tech debt while we’re working on new projects and expect you to be a leader in the responsible pay-down of tech debt
- Create and improve tooling, processes, and engineering standards across the team
- Mentor engineers and help the team grow
What qualifications are necessary?
- 5+ years of experience building and maintaining front-end or full-stack applications: data modeling, application logic, and user experience
- Prior experience working at an early-stage startup or small tech company
- Deep expertise with modern frontend web frameworks (React, Vue, etc.)
- Experience working with modern back-end languages/frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Django, Rails, Gin)
- Prior experience working on mobile apps or libraries is a big plus
- Played key implementation roles in projects with multiple teams and engineers
- Desire to learn new systems and technology as our business evolves
- Ability to design systems and evaluate the tradeoffs in scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability
- Passion for working closely with customers
- Creativity, empathy, and a drive for continuous improvement
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!
Belong - Join a community that is passionate and relentless about building fairer financial systems for all.
Benefits included:
- Great compensation & equity packages
- Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life & short-term disability insurance
- Flexible PTO policy that prioritizes recharge and balance
- Paid parental leave
- 401K for retirement planning
- Mentorship opportunities
- 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 talent market is competitive, and maintaining our ability to recruit and retain the best team possible is a top priority for Pinwheel. When creating an offer, we consider interview performance, candidate experience, external market competitiveness, and internal equity in thoughtfully assessing compensation.
The expected cash salary range for this role is $160,000 - $190,000 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.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Pinwheel