Staff Android Engineer, Patreon
Platform
$246.4-369.6k
+ Offers Equity
More information about location
2 days a week in office
Funding platform for creatives
Job no longer available
Funding platform for creatives
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$246.4-369.6k
+ Offers Equity
More information about location
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
- 6+ years building consumer-grade Android apps, with at least 1 year operating in a Staff role
- Expert-level Kotlin and deep knowledge of Compose; comfortable refactoring large codebases to modern patterns
- Experience building and maintaining a design system — including theming, typography, motion, and accessibility states — is desired
- In-depth understanding of Android accessibility APIs and current WCAG guidelines
- Comfortable reviewing and shaping backend API contracts; able to reason about latency, payload size, and maintainability over time
- Experience with git, modern CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing
- Excellent communication skills—you write crisp design docs, give actionable feedback, and can influence without authority across teams
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or the equivalent
What the job involves
- The Client Platforms team owns the infrastructure that powers the frontend, iOS, and Android at Patreon
- We keep the applications running, modern, and productive
- We provide the tools, frameworks, and best practices to keep the code reliable and performant
- As a team we aim to provide a fun and collaborative environment where risk taking is allowed and rewarded, high craft is the norm, and your career growth goals are supported
- As a Staff Android Engineer on our Platform team, you’ll be a technical torch-bearer for everything that lives below the product surface:
- Elevate our design system. Own the architecture, implementation, and ongoing evolution of our shared Swift component library so product teams can ship beautiful, unified experiences at speed
- Champion accessibility. Work closely with our Design team to address accessibility issues and ensure WCAG 2.2 compliance
- Guide strategic migrations. Lead multi-phase initiatives such as replacing our local data store, introducing modern view patterns, and expanding our adoption of SwiftUI
- Set the bar for engineering quality. Review engineering design proposals for new features, help shape backend API contracts, and run thoughtful code reviews that level-up engineers across the org
- Influence the platform roadmap. Work closely with design, product, and leadership to translate long-term business goals into a clear, scalable technical vision for Android
- Mentor and multiply. Provide hands-on coaching, documentation, and golden path implementations that grow the entire mobile team so they can deliver with confidence
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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