Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

Patreon is a media and community platform where over 300,000 creators give their biggest fans access to exclusive work and experiences. We offer creators a variety of ways to engage with their fans and build a lasting business including: paid memberships, free memberships, community chats, live video, and selling to fans directly with one-time purchases.

Ultimately our goal is simple: fund the creative class. And we're leaders in that space, with:

• $10 billion+ generated by creators since Patreon's inception

• 100 million+ free memberships for fans who may not be ready to pay just yet, and

• 25 million+ paid memberships on Patreon today.

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 Software Engineer to support our mission.

This role is Remote but also open to those who are able to be in-office 2 days per week in New York or San Francisco on a hybrid work model.

About the Team

The Developer Productivity team owns the developer environment, testing infrastructure, and CI/CD pipeline that our developers use to deliver delightful products and experiences to Patreon creators and fans. We work closely with software teams across the stack to find opportunities to improve craft, address pain points, and increase velocity. We continuously evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including advances in generative AI and developer tooling, to ensure our engineers have a modern platform that empowers them to do their best work.

About the Role

In this role, you will be working on initiatives that make all engineers at Patreon more productive. This includes ownership of continuous integration, continuous deployment, and developer environments. You will meet with engineers from across the org to better understand their pain points to improve the developer experience leveraging rapidly evolving landscape of AI tools.

Areas you will be working on

• Developer environment and tools (Docker, testing infrastructure)

• Integrating AI agents, MCPs, and skills

• Operating continuous integration pipelines at scale (CircleCI)

• Kubernetes + Argo CD / Argo Rollouts for continuous deployments

• Building and operating developer-facing services for testing and deployment

• Automated test selection

• GitHub automation

About You

• Experienced Software Engineer who is passionate about making other engineers more productive and efficient

• Deeply empathetic individual who can understand our constituents pain paints and work toward providing tide rising improvements to developer ergonomics

• You take a data driven approach to delivering impact by establishing and using metrics to guide their decision making

• You like simplifying complex systems

• Proficient with Python

• Comfortable with Linux system operations and command line tooling

• Have experience with CircleCI or similar continuous integration systems

• Have experience with containerized environments

• Strong oral and written communication; comfortable presenting to the engineering department

• Bonus: Experience with ECR, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Terraform, Cypress

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent working experience

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 because workplace diversity and inclusion is critical to our ability to serve creators worldwide. 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. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the interview process, please let us know via email at accommodations@patreon.

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

Patreon operates under a hybrid work model, where employees based in office locations are expected to come into the office two days per week, excluding sick time and paid leave. The goal of this policy is to be intentional about the in-person time we spend together to strengthen the feeling of community at Patreon. Candidates hired into remote-eligible roles are not expected to meet the same requirements.

At Patreon, we believe in fair and transparent pay. In compliance with New York and California pay transparency laws, we are sharing the expected salary range for this role.

The posted salary range is dependent on the location and the level. This range may encompass multiple levels within the role’s job family. The final offer will be based on candidate’s experience, skills, competencies, and geographic location, aligning with the appropriate job level within Patreon’s leveling framework. For remote employees located outside CA and NY, salary may vary based on location and local market conditions.

Patreon reserves the right to modify or update compensation and benefits at any time.