Staff Security Engineer, Patreon
$221.8-369.6k
+ Equity
Funding platform for creatives
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Funding platform for creatives
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$221.8-369.6k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Patreon's mission is to power creators to do what they love, and get paid by the people who love what they do.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 7+ years of combined experience in Security Engineering, Security Software Engineer, DevSecOps, SRE or related roles in an enterprise or cloud-native environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field (or 8+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree)
- Strong foundation in one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python) for automation and tooling
- Demonstrated ability to automate and secure production systems, third party SaaS apps, and security compliance controls in various environments
- Proficiency in security architecture reviews, implementing guardrails for cloud based web applications, and writing automations
What the job involves
- As an L6 Security Engineer, you'll be our in-house generalist: part architect, part operations specialist, part developer, and part consultant
- You'll own projects end-to-end—from conception through implementation and maintenance—and partner across Engineering, Product, and DevOps to bake security into everything we do
- Design, build, and operate internal systems for data classification, retention, and automated deletion in compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other regulations
- Integrate with downstream services and data stores to ensure end-to-end coverage
- Develop and enforce PodSecurityPolicies, NetworkPolicies, and admission controllers
- Write and enforce Open Policy Agent (OPA) rules
- Perform threat modeling and risk assessments for new and existing clusters; automate remediation where possible
- Write robust Python scripts and applications to detect misconfigurations, enforce security guardrails, and streamline incident response
- Integrate with CI/CD pipelines (Terraform Cloud, GitHub Actions, etc.) for "shift-left" security
- Serve on a quarterly rotation for 24/7 on-call coverage; respond to alerts and investigations, lead post-mortems, and drive continuous improvement
- Partner with our bug bounty program: triage incoming reports, reproduce and validate findings, and coordinate fixes with Engineering
- Track and report on program metrics, drive outreach to top-performing researchers
- Review architectural and product changes—especially high-risk components—providing actionable guidance and gating risky rollouts
- Educate engineering teams through workshops, documentation, and "security office hours."
Our take
Creatives face two major struggles in the online space: getting eyes (or ears) on their work, and getting paid for it. Patreon was founded to solve both problems with a platform that would provide a space for creators to host and promote their work, and offer supporters a way to show their support through a regular paid subscription.
Patreon has been a leader in the content subscription space since its founding, but recently has come under pressure from newer rivals such as Substack and Ko-fi. It has maintained its position by shifting its focus from being primarily a marketplace for supporters to find creatives that interest them to being a toolbox for content creators to promote their work. While the site's creatives value this approach it remains to be seen whether Patreon will be able to return to the growth it was enjoying in previous years.
Despite the inroads made by competitors and a troubling global economic outlook making finances tougher for content creators and their supporters, Patreon is still a leader in its space, with over its over 250,000 active creators having made $3.5 billion through the platform. It is going through a period of downsizing to focus on its core business, and is continuing to hire talent to improve its product and expand its marketing efforts.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2021
$155m
SERIES F
Sep 2020
$90m
SERIES E
Total funding: $352.1m
Company benefits
- Gym membership
- Commuter stipend
- Training budget
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Stock options
- 401k
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jack Conte
(CEO)Graduated from Stanford with a degree in Music. Created musical content on Youtube as Pomplamoose before founding Patreon.
Sam Yam
(CTO)Worked in analytics and engineering roles at Yahoo, Ning and Loopt. Previously founded mobile advertising company AdWhirl, which was acquired by Google.
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