Platform Engineer
PinwheelNew York, New York, United States
Posted March 27, 2026
150000 - 180000 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Pinwheel is a financial services company building the future of financial services in partnership with big brands.
Job Description
Pinwheel is seeking a Platform Engineer to own the systems that enable our engineering team to build, deploy, and scale products. The role involves building and maintaining backend platform services, developing internal libraries, and designing secure, scalable, and cloud-native solutions.
Requirements
- 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
Benefits
- 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
