iOS Engineer, Patreon
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$178.5-241.5k
+ Equity plans
2+ days a week in office
Funding platform for creatives
Job no longer available
Funding platform for creatives
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$178.5-241.5k
+ Equity plans
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To put creators in control of their work and their futures by strengthening the bond between them and their communities.
Role
Who you are
- 3-4+ years of experience developing iOS applications with Swift
- Strong understanding of scalable iOS architecture
- Experience with networking, caching, and performance optimizations in mobile apps
- Passion for building seamless, intuitive user experiences
- Highly collaborative and able to communicate technical concepts effectively
- Continuous improvement mindset and are always looking for ways to innovate and stay ahead
Desirable
- Experience working on content feeds or other discovery surfaces
- Background in large-scale iOS app development with modern architectural patterns
- Contributions to open-source iOS projects or side projects in the App Store
What the job involves
- Patreon is seeking a skilled and passionate iOS Engineer to join our Home Team
- This team is responsible for shaping the Home experience, ensuring that members seamlessly discover and engage with creators’ content
- You'll be the iOS expert on a cross-functional team already staffed with backend and machine learning engineers, working together to optimize content discovery and engagement
- Your primary focus will be to build and refine high-quality, performant, and personalized experiences in the Patreon iOS app, ensuring that fans stay connected with the content that matters most to them
- Architect and develop new features for the Home feed, improving discoverability and engagement
- Work closely with backend and ML engineers to integrate ranking and recommendation systems into the iOS app
- Partner with product, design, and data teams to create seamless, user-friendly experiences
- Optimize app performance, ensuring smooth and efficient content delivery
- Run client-side A/B tests to measure impact and iterate on product improvements
- Continuously refine the iOS codebase, adopting best practices and modern development patterns
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 250,000 active creators having made $3.5B through the platform.
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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
- Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision plans are available to our US employees and their dependents. Our plans have a nationwide network and we also cover a primary care concierge membership.
- Balance & Wellness: We offer a generous Flexible Time Off policy, in addition to days throughout the year where everyone takes the same day off to recharge our batteries. Employees and their dependents also have access to therapy, coaching, and Employee Assistance Programs services.
- Family Planning: We provide 20 weeks of paid parental leave, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits, as well as an annual stipend for new additions to your families (including pets!).
- Lifestyle & Learning: You’ll have stipends to fund your personal lifestyle and to support your favorite creators on Patreon, as well as an annual stipend for learning and development.
- Hybrid Work: Our offices are in San Francisco, New York, and Porto. Plus, we have more teammates working remotely around the world.
- Financial Support: We offer employer matching for our retirement plans and Health Savings Account (HSA), as well as access to 1:1 financial guidance with a Certified Financial Planner.
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jack Conte
(Co-Founder & CEO)Graduated from Stanford with a degree in Music. Created musical content on Youtube as Pomplamoose before founding Patreon.
Sam Yam
(Co-Founder, CTO & President)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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