Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Payments

Patreon is the best place for creators to build memberships by providing exclusive access to their work and a deeper connection with their communities. We’re building a content and community platform where creators can engage directly with their fans and monetize their creativity, while maintaining full ownership over the work they make and the communities they create.

We’re leaders in the membership space with 250,000+ active creators and over $3.5 billion paid directly to creators on our platform. Our team is building tools to optimize the creator-to-fan relationship, including native video, enhanced podcasting features, improved creation tools, and new community experiences. We’re continuing to invest heavily in building the most talented team in the Creator Economy and are looking for a Fullstack Software Engineer to support our mission.

This role is based in San Francisco and open to those who are able to be in-office 2 days per week on a hybrid work model.

About the Role

• You'll help scale and expand capabilities of Patreon's payment platform that helps creators get paid effectively and on time, every time.

• Lead and contribute to the development and design of the Payments platform and tools to support the payment processing at Patreon.

• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to improve our automated testing and reliability of our payments platform.

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to build new functionality, while maintaining a delightful user experience, motivated by passion for our shared mission.

• Work with a supportive team to get things done with the right mix of quality and agility.

• Work with Java, Python, Flask, Spring Boot, MySQL, and AWS, introducing other technologies when it makes sense.

• Experience with the Frontend framework and technologies including React, Javascript, Typescript, etc.

• Build a strong product-minded, engineering culture by mentoring and guiding engineers inside and outside the team

About You

• 5+ years of experience in fullstack software development

• Excited to maintain high standard of quality and craft with an eye for user experience and engineering detail

• A track record of building systems with attention to detail, high reliability, and high throughput

• Experience designing, building, deploying, monitoring and maintaining code in a service-oriented architecture

• Proactive in communicating with your peers and cross-functional partners

• Experience building products in the payments domain is a plus, but not a strict requirement for this role

About Patreon

Patreon powers creators to do what they love and get paid by the people who love what they do. Our team is passionate about making this mission and our core values come to life every day in our work. Through this work, our Patronauts:

• Put Creators First | They’re the reason we’re here. When creators win, we win. 

• Build with Craft | We sign our name to every deliverable, just like the creators we serve.

• Make it Happen | We don’t quit. We learn and deliver. 

• Win Together | We grow as individuals. We win as a team.

We hire talented and passionate people from different backgrounds across the organization. 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.

Patreon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Patreon offers a competitive benefits package including and not limited to salary, equity plans, healthcare, unlimited paid time off, company holidays and recharge days, commuter benefits, lifestyle stipends, learning and development stipends, patronage, parental leave, and 401k plan with matching.