Staff Software Engineer, Patreon
Identity & Access
$246.4-369.6k
+ Equity
More information about location
Funding platform for creatives
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Funding platform for creatives
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$246.4-369.6k
+ Equity
More information about location
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
- A strong candidate will have most (but need not have all) of the following:
- You have 6+ years of experience in software development
- You have strong experience with Python or a similar language
- You have experience designing and building identity or authentication systems
- You are familiar with the security and privacy concerns inherent to dealing with identity data or authentication flows
- You’re comfortable with data storage techniques and understand how data modeling, performance, and reliability intersect in real-world systems
- You’ve worked on consumer-facing features where quality, experience, and emotional feel matter
- You’re energized by fast iteration: shipping MVPs, testing hypotheses, and evolving products based on what creators and fans respond to
- You take pride in creating elegant solutions to messy, real-world problems and balancing pragmatic trade-offs
- You build a strong product-minded engineering culture by mentoring and guiding engineers
- You believe in Patreon’s mission: giving creators control over their work and building communities that feel good to be in
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or the equivalent
- If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t match with every bullet point outlined above, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway. If you’re a creator at heart, are energized by our mission, and share our company values, we’d love to hear from you
What the job involves
- 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 Staff Software Engineer focused on Identity and Access to support our mission
- Patreon's Identity and Access team builds and maintains core Patreon systems related to user identity and authentication. They work on projects such as identity verification, user authentication, and account takeover detection and prevention
- This team is part of Patreon’s Risk Engineering org that also includes Information Security and Safety engineering. You’ll be part of Patreon’s larger engineering organization and will work with cross functional partners such as legal, compliance, security, trust and safety, and anti-fraud
- Provide technical leadership on a range of identity and access related projects
- Design, build, and deploy core Patreon systems such as multi-factor authentication flows, ID verification systems, and account takeover detections
- Engage with stakeholders to define requirements and balance a range of security, privacy, and compliance needs
- Drive technical design of components that are scalable, well tested, and are easy to maintain
- Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, designers, and other engineers to deliver high quality features
- Champion innovative solutions that improve security and usability for creators and their fans
- Contribute to growth and maturity of the team by improving processes, providing mentorship, and helping to expand the organization
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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