# Sr. Backend Engineer, AI Projects at Pinwheel

- Company: Pinwheel
- What the company does: Backed by First Round Capital.
- Company website: https://getpinwheel.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York, NY
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/pinwheelapi/jobs/7991264003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/pinwheel-sr-backend-engineer-ai-projects/

## About the role

If you’re excited by the idea of having your work touch and impact the lives of hundreds of millions of consumers, Pinwheel is the place for you. If you get stoked about building products alongside the biggest brands in the world, Pinwheel is the place for you.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- Computer Science degree or comparable experience
- AI-forward thinking: you have set yourself apart from others in willingness to drive AI projects forward
- Strong systems design: your designs get adopted by peers, you can defend tradeoffs and anticipate failure modes
- Demonstrated autonomous project leadership: examples of owning ambiguous, multi-quarter projects from idea to business outcomes

Tags: Engineering