Product Engineer, Backend at Pinwheel
New York, NY
$160,000–$190,000from the description
Jul 13, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-to-senior backend-leaning product engineering role at a fintech API company, focused on designing and shipping features across public APIs, embedded SDKs, and customer-facing dashboards. Day-to-day work spans data modeling, Python microservice development, new integrations with banking partners, and API design, with some frontend exposure expected. The role suits engineers with startup experience who are comfortable owning meaningful product work across multiple concurrent workstreams.
Senior level · 5+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10,200 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 7,700–13,300
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The posting describes itself as 'mid-to-senior' in the body text, but the title framing is 'mid-to-senior' — advertised seniority is captured as Mid (the lower bound stated). The actual requirements (5+ years, cross-team implementation leadership, mentoring, deep expertise) support a Senior classification.
Python is called out explicitly as the team's microservice language ('Python-based microservice stack') and is treated as a hard requirement, even though it appears in a descriptive responsibilities section rather than a formal qualifications list — it is the stated stack the candidate must 'maintain and improve'.
FastAPI, Django, Rails, and Gin are listed together as examples of 'modern back-end languages/frameworks' under the qualifications section; FastAPI is named first and is consistent with the Python stack, so it is the primary skill with the others as alternatives.
API design (data modeling, application logic, API design) is explicitly called out as a required qualification.
React/Vue appear under qualifications as 'working experience with modern frontend web frameworks' — a genuine requirement, though the role is described as backend-leaning.
Microservices appears only in the responsibilities narrative ('Python-based microservice stack') rather than the qualifications block, so it is marked preferred.
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
The role is hybrid (3 days/week in NYC office), so remote is false. No visa sponsorship is offered.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): API design.
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