Senior Backend Engineer, Patreon
Platform
$187-253k
2 days a week in office
Funding platform for creatives
Job no longer available
Funding platform for creatives
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$187-253k
2 days a week in office
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
- 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering
- Strong experience with Python or a similar language
- Strong understanding of software design patterns and principles
- Experience with relational databases (such as PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (such as Redis)
- Experience with container orchestration (such as Kubernetes)
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) practices
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design and development
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and deliver high-quality work on time
What the job involves
- As a Senior Backend Platform Software Engineer at Patreon, you will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable, high-performance backend systems that power our creator membership platform
- You will collaborate with other engineers and product managers to build and maintain reliable and efficient systems that support Patreon's growth
- Designing and implementing backend systems that handle millions of requests per day
- Writing efficient, scalable, and maintainable code
- Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks
- Building and maintaining robust APIs that support our web and mobile applications
- Collaborating with other engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver high-quality features on time
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 values
- Build with care
- Think big, but start small
- Guide & empower
- Respect the value of creators’ work
- Honor the relationship between creators and patrons
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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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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