Pinwheel
Financial Services
FullstackEngineer(Python/React)
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“Fullstack Engineer (Python / React) at Pinwheel. Skills: Python, React, Back-end engineering, API development. Understand customer needs. Design systems to solve customer needs”
What You'll Achieve.
Impact and shape the company; Molding the company culture; Being part of the entrepreneurial journey; Build products on the bleeding edge of financial services; Building fairer financial systems for all; Delivering outsized results
Industry & Context.
Design systems; Evaluate tradeoffs
This position does not offer visa sponsorship now or in the future.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of experience building and maintaining back-end or full-stack applications, Prior experience working at an early-stage startup or small tech company, Deep expertise with modern back-end languages/frameworks, At least some experience working with modern frontend web frameworks, Prior experience working on API-based products
Nice to Have
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
What You'll Do.
Understand customer needs
Design systems to solve customer needs
Build systems that power APIs
Design new functionality
Ship new functionality
Maintain Python microservice stack
Improve Python microservice stack
Support new product development
Lead new product development
Create engineering standards
Improve engineering standards
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work directly with cross-functional stakeholders across Engineering, Product, and Design
Full Job Description
**This role is hybrid with 3 days a week in our NYC office. **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 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
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