What you'll do
- Lead and contribute to back-end engineering focused on Python-based microservices and customer-facing APIs.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, and Design to deliver impactful features.
- Balance high product velocity with quality, reliability, and continuous technical improvement including tech debt pay-down.
- Mentor engineers and help level up team standards and processes for sustained high-quality output.
- Design scalable, reliable systems by deeply understanding customer needs and evolving data models and services.
What you should know
- The role is onsite in NYC with a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week in the office.
- Ideal candidates should have experience in early-stage startups or small tech companies with product ownership mindset.
- Applicants must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-velocity environment balancing innovation and quality.
- The position offers significant autonomy and impact in shaping both product and company culture.
- Strong desire to learn new technologies and work closely with customers is essential for success.
About the company
- Pinwheel is a well-funded early-stage startup focused on revolutionizing financial services with major brand partnerships.
- The company values customer impact, aiming to build 10x better financial experiences in the AI era.
- Pinwheel fosters a scrappy, hustling culture passionate about defining the future of financial products.
- They emphasize diversity and inclusion, believing varied perspectives build better products and teams.
- Offers a small but growing team environment with strong investor backing and a mission-driven approach.
Key required skills
PythonFastAPIDjangoReactAPI design