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 be part of a lean Product Engineering team focused on building and improving financial products. Your day-to-day will involve developing public APIs, embedded SDKs, and customer management dashboards, while also enhancing existing functionalities and ensuring the codebase aligns with current product directions. You will work closely with customers to understand their needs and mentor other engineers in the team.
- 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 experience building and maintaining back-end or full-stack applications
- Deep expertise with modern back-end languages/frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Django, Rails, Gin)
- Working experience with modern frontend web frameworks (React, Vue, etc.)
- Prior experience working at an early-stage startup or small tech company
- Played key implementation roles in projects with multiple teams and engineers
- Excited by working closely with customers
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
- This position does not offer visa sponsorship now or in the future.
- The role is hybrid with 3 days a week in the NYC office.
- The expected cash salary range is $160,000 - $200,000 base, which may be competitive but is not guaranteed based on individual negotiation.
- The company is small but well-funded, which presents both opportunities and risks for stability.
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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