Staff Backend Engineer, Creation (New York)

Patreon is the best place for creators to fire up their fandoms, share exclusive work, and turn their passions into lasting creative businesses. Over 250,000 podcasters, writers, musicians, artists, and other creative people use Patreon to reach their biggest fans directly and earn an income for the value they provide. Creators can offer paid memberships that unlock access to exclusive work and community, or sell individual digital items from their own Patreon shops.

Ultimately, our goal is simple : fund the creative class. And were leaders in that space, having sent over $3.5 billion to creators since our founding. Were continuing to invest heavily in building the best creator tools with the best team in the creator economy, and looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to join our Creations Team to support our mission.

This role is based in New York and open to those who are able to be in-office 2 days per week on a hybrid work model.

About the Role

Own and deliver well-scoped full stack product feature milestones that help creators create content on Patreon.

Drive technical design of components that are scalable, well tested and are easy to maintain

Advocate for best patterns and practices in the areas of system design, performance, observability and testing.

Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, designers, and other engineers to deliver high quality features.

Champion innovative solutions that enhance the usability and engagement with discovery features

About You

8+ years of experience in software development

Strong experience with Python or a similar language

Experience with React, next.js, Typescript or Javascript

Experience with SQL.

Solid communication skills with cross-functional team members

Eager to take on new challenges and expand skill set

Build a strong product-minded engineering culture by mentoring and guiding engineers

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or the equivalent.

Patreon powers creators to do what they love and get paid by the people who love what they do. Our team is passionate about making this mission and our core values come to life every day in our work. Through this work, our Patronauts :

Put Creators First | Theyre the reason were here. When creators win, we win.

Build with Craft | We sign our name to every deliverable, just like the creators we serve.

Make it Happen | We dont quit. We learn and deliver.

Win Together | We grow as individuals. We win as a team.

We hire talented and passionate people from different backgrounds across the organization. If youre excited about a role but your past experience doesnt match with every bullet point outlined above, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway. If youre a creator at heart, are energized by our mission, and share our company values, wed love to hear from you.

Patreon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Patreon offers a competitive benefits package including and not limited to salary, equity plans, healthcare, flexible time off, company holidays and recharge days, commuter benefits, lifestyle stipends, learning and development stipends, patronage, parental leave, and 401k plan with matching.