Pinwheel · New York, NY

Salary
$160,000–$200,000from the description
Posted
Jul 15, 2026
Location
New York, NY
Last confirmed open
Jul 21, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A senior backend role on the internal platform team responsible for the infrastructure that powers over 1,800 third-party integrations — covering proxy management, browser automation, session handling, async workflows, and data pipelines. The position involves owning multi-quarter technical initiatives from design through delivery, setting direction in ambiguous problem spaces, and mentoring junior and mid-level engineers. Best suited to engineers with strong systems design experience and a track record of leading platform-level projects independently.

Senior level · 5+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time

Must have (4)
distributed servicesmessage queuesdata pipelinesasync processing
Nice to have (3)
PythonSelenium, Playwright or Cdpbrowser fingerprinting

“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 1,850 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 540–2,750

Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.

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 (7)

The role is hybrid (3 days/week in NYC), not fully remote.

A CS degree is listed as a qualification but the JD explicitly accepts 'comparable experience' as an alternative, so no hard degree requirement is set.

'AI-forward thinking' is listed under required qualifications but names no specific technology or tool — it is omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.

Backend engineering experience (5+ years) is stated at the role level and captured in the overall years minimum; it is also reflected as a required skill given the firm gating language in the qualifications section.

Python, browser automation (Selenium/CDP/Playwright), browser fingerprinting, third-party API integration, and Fintech experience all appear under the explicit 'Nice to haves' section.

Compensation is stated as base salary only; equity and benefits are mentioned separately but not quantified.

Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): backend engineering, browser automation, third-party API integration.

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