Pinwheel - Helping banks win primacy with frictionless account activation solutions
Pinwheel helps banks win primacy by making switching direct deposits easy. Through exclusive and first-of-its-kind partnerships with payroll providers, Pinwheel can instantly authenticate consumers without credentials. This new product provides best-in-class conversion, greater security, better insights, and a seamless UX for switching direct deposits at the world's leading financial institutions.
Pinwheel's platform has enterprise-grade security protocols to power connections to over 1,800 platforms (covering up to 100% of US workers paid via direct deposit) and over 1.5 million employers. From that point of connectivity, leading fintechs and financial institutions (such as Block's Cash App, Citizens Bank, Acorns, Credit Karma, and more) leverage us to power direct deposit switching, earned wage access, income & employment verification, and build innovative new products.
Pinwheel is trusted and funded with $77M by top-tier investors such as Notable, Coatue, First Round Capital, and more.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for skilled engineers to join our integrations engineering team. This team is responsible for the core business function of building and maintaining code that interacts with hundreds of different platforms and payroll providers. If you're the type of person that loves detective work and making your own tools to mash together different data sources, you could be a great addition to our team.
Pinwheel is a hybrid environment, with a 3-day in-office requirement here in our NYC headquarters, near Union Square.
What will you be doing?
- Writing new integrations that range from implementing well-documented APIs to enabling clean data access on otherwise tricky, undocumented or unfriendly systems.
- Monitoring and supporting live integrations to keep them healthy and up to date as platforms change and evolve.
- Working and growing with a team of engineers from different backgrounds and collaborating cross-functionally with product management and operations teams.
What experience, skills, and qualifications are necessary?
- Python proficiency (or transferrable scripting language experience).
- A strong grasp of how the web works (HTTP, webservers).
- Experience with processing, manipulating, and cleaning data.
- A desire to focus on customer needs and solve real problems.
- Strong listening, communication, and collaboration skills, providing and sharing timely and helpful information to others.
- BS in Computer Science, Information Sciences or equivalent experience preferred.
- 1-2 years of industry experience preferred.
- Willingness to work onsite at NYC headquarters 3 days a week.
Why join Pinwheel?
Best time to join - Our company is small but well-funded, meaning you are joining at a time where you can impact and shape the company.
Be a cultural builder - You will have an active hand in molding the company culture and being a part of the entrepreneurial journey.
Build Something Revolutionary - Help build the consumer data infrastructure of the future.
Belong - Join a community that is passionate and relentless about building fairer financial systems for all.
Benefits included:
- Great compensation & equity packages
- Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life & short-term disability insurance
- Unlimited vacation
- Paid parental leave
- 401K for retirement planning
- Mentorship opportunities
- Free Citibike membership
- Pet friendly offices and Zoom spaces
At Pinwheel, total compensation is made up of salary + equity + benefits. We recruit motivated and high performing talent, and work to compensate people in line with the value they can bring to the organization in delivering outsized results. The talent market is competitive, and maintaining our ability to recruit and retain the best team possible is a top priority for Pinwheel. When creating an offer, we consider interview performance, candidate experience, external market competitiveness, and internal equity in thoughtfully assessing compensation. The approved salary range for this role is $92,000-$115,000.
Diversity & Inclusion at Pinwheel
At Pinwheel, we are committed to building an environment that is diverse and inclusive. We believe that having people across different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives enables us not only to build the best financial products, but to help us realize the best versions of ourselves. Pinwheel is an equal opportunity employer, and we aim to be an open and supportive place to work.
As part of our commitment to health and safety, Pinwheel requires employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as permitted under applicable law.
