About the role
Patreon is a media and community platform where over 300,000 creators give their biggest fans access to exclusive work and experiences. We offer creators a variety of ways to engage with their fans and build a lasting business including: paid memberships, free memberships, community chats, live video, and selling to fans directly with one-time purchases. Ultimately our goal is simple: fund the creative class. And we're leaders in that space, with: $10 billion+ generated by creators since Patreon's inception 100 million+ free memberships for fans who may not be ready to pay just yet, and 25 million+ paid memberships on Patreon today. We're continuing to invest heavily in building the best creator platform with the best team in the creator economy and are looking for a Software Engineer to support our mission. This role is based in New York or San Francisco and open to those who are able to be in-office 2 days per week on a hybrid work model.
About
the Team The Creator World team is shaping the core experiences making Patreon the best place for creators to connect with all of their fans and share their creative work. Our work spans a wide range of creator and fan-facing experiences including creator pages and vertical-specific tools. We're a tight-knit, fast-moving, and high-ownership team. We ship often, sweat the details, and aren't afraid of an ambitious roadmap.
About
the Role: We're looking for a fullstack engineer to help develop the systems and APIs that will power future user-facing features. In any given week you might be asked to: Design and build new backend systems and APIs for user-facing features. Evolve and scale existing systems that creators and fans already rely on. Investigate and resolve issues affecting user experience. Partner with client engineers on the contracts between your services and their code. Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, designers, and other engineers. Step into adjacent parts of the stack (frontend, infra, data) when necessary. What you’ll need: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or the equivalent. 2–3+ years of experience in software development. Experience with Python or a similar language. Experience shipping backend systems and APIs powering consumer-facing features and the ability to speak to how you balanced technical constraints with user experience decisions. The ability to weigh trade-offs clearly and explain technical decisions to stakeholders. A product mindset, caring about what your systems enable, not just the systems themselves. Eagerness to take on new problems and grow your technical, collaboration, and leadership skills. Belief in Patreon's mission: giving creators control over their work and building communities that feel good to be in.
