or apply directly on Pinwheel's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 6 days Pinwheel's roles stay open a median of 43 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 100% of Pinwheel's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Pinwheel
- high 3 stale, 0 reposted of 7 open
- Hiring momentum
- 11 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Pinwheel's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Pinwheel.
About this role
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Pinwheel, you will own AI-driven platform initiatives, focusing on the design, development, and maintenance of integration infrastructure. Your role involves leading projects with junior engineers, driving systems design, and collaborating with teams to ensure that platform primitives meet consumer needs. You will also identify and eliminate recurring problems within the integration services.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Pinwheel as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- Computer Science degree or comparable experience
- AI-forward thinking
- Strong systems design
- Demonstrated autonomous project leadership
Nice to have
- Integrations experience
- Browser automation experience (Selenium, CDP, Playwright)
- Browser fingerprinting / detection work
- Experience designing and operating services that handle concurrency, failure modes, and meaningful scale
- Experience with backend platform / infrastructure
What you get
- 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
Worth weighing
- Hybrid work environment with 3 days in-office requirement
- Role involves leading and mentoring junior engineers, which may require additional management skills
- No specific technologies or frameworks mentioned, which could imply a need for adaptability
- Compensation range provided, but may vary based on negotiation and performance
Summarised from Pinwheel's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Pinwheel on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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