Patreon
Patreon builds a platform for creators to run paid and free fan communities, offering memberships, community chats, live video, and one-time purchases. The business monetizes via fees on creator earnings and subscription tools; it is privately held, founded in 2013, and headquartered in San Francisco. Over 300,000 creators use Patreon, and the platform has enabled $10 billion+ in creator earnings.
Open Positions at Patreon
3 open positions
Staff Software Engineer joining Patreon’s Backend Platform team to design and lead scalable distributed systems, APIs, and foundational infrastructure supporting the creator platform. The role combines deep backend architecture with technical leadership, modernization, and mentoring.
Build the production ML infrastructure powering Patreon’s search, feed ranking, and creator-fan matching systems. You’ll own live inference, feature stores, observability, deployment automation, and reliability at scale.
Build and scale the foundational batch, streaming, and data lake infrastructure that powers Patreon’s product features, analytics, experimentation, and ML systems. This remote-eligible Staff Software Engineer role combines hands-on architecture, platform reliability, and mentorship.