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Engineering Lead, Product

New York City, NY

Engineering Lead, Product

Pinwheel - Helping banks win primacy with frictionless account activation solutions

Pinwheel helps banks build deeper consumer relationships by making switching bank accounts easy through automated direct deposit and bill pay switching.

With 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, and a seamless UX for switching direct deposits at the world's leading financial institutions. 

Pinwheel's platform powers connections to over 2,000 payroll 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, Discover Bank, Robinhood, Credit Karma, and many more) leverage us to power direct deposit switching, earned wage access, income & employment verification, and personal financial management experiences.

Pinwheel is trusted and funded with $77M by top-tier investors such as Notable (fka GGV), Coatue, First Round Capital, and others.

We’re hiring a world-class Engineer

Join Our Elite Team – Build from 0→1, Drive Massive Impact!

We’re hunting for a scrappy, hands-on Engineering Leader to scale our lean, high-impact Product Engineering team. This is a rare chance to lead and build a crew of true 10X engineers—people known for relentless execution, deep technical chops, and complete ownership. You’ll be driving the creation and expansion of Pinwheel's game-changing products: Direct Deposit Switch, Income & Employment Verification, and Bill Navigator.

If you love rolling up your sleeves and shipping production code, but also get fired up about leveling up engineers to deliver audacious outcomes with speed and precision, this is your arena. Here, engineering isn’t just craftsmanship—it’s building from 0→1 with a razor-sharp focus on business impact.

We pay top-of-market for top performers. If you’re the best engineer you know—and you crave the grind of building with others who operate at that level—welcome to the team.

What will you do?

  • Drive Impact Daily: Ship production code every day as you design, build, and launch features across mobile, frontend, and backend. We're bringing game-changing products to market, scaling core payroll connectivity, and unlocking new partnerships with banking platforms and payroll networks.
  • Cultivate Speed & Clarity: Create an environment where engineers move fast, communicate sharply, and own their work from start to finish.
  • Own the Big Wins: Partner with Product to shape and deliver high-impact initiatives that push the business forward and crush growth targets.
  • Prioritize What Matters: Focus on the projects that truly move the needle—no wasted motion, just meaningful impact.
  • Demand Engineering Greatness: Set the bar high for code quality, performance, security, and reliability. We build things that last.
  • Lead a Powerhouse Team: Coach and support top-tier engineers who thrive on autonomy, grit, and delivering real impact.
  • Grow a World-Class Team: Recruit and develop A+ talent that raises the bar and accelerates our trajectory.

We’re scrappy. We’re relentless. We’re building something that matters—every single day.

What qualifications are necessary?

  • You’re a force multiplier — you write production-grade code fast, and make everyone around you better. You’re already months if not years into leveraging AI to do the most productive work of your career.
  • You’re a proven technical leader — 1+ years as a tech lead or engineering manager; 5+ years as a software engineer.
  • You’ve shipped real products — and can explain how they moved the needle for your business.
  • You’re hungry for ownership and accountability — you don’t wait for permission. You act.
  • You’re a clear communicator — you write and speak with clarity and precision for maximum impact.
  • You’re driven to excellence - you hold yourself and others to elite standards.
  • You’re excited to work onsite in NYC 3 days a week to move fast, collaborate deeply, and build trust face-to-face.

Why join Pinwheel?

Top-tier compensation — we pay exceptionally well because we expect exceptional performance.High-impact work — we’re building the consumer financial data infrastructure of the future.

An elite team — Low ego. High trust. Deep skill. Fast execution. Here to win. If that excites you, you’ll feel at home at Pinwheel.

If you’re ready to work harder and smarter than you ever have — and be rewarded for it — we’d love to meet you.

Compensation & Benefits

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 expected cash salary range for this role is $360,000 - $380,000 base. The equity package will be significant.

Other benefits include:

  • 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 office

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.

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