Backed by Index, NEA and CRV.
About the role
Architect, build, and operate large scale batch and streaming platforms that directly power Patreon product features, analytics, and experimentation. Stand up and scale event-driven and streaming systems (Kafka, Kinesis, PubSub, or similar) for real-time data ingestion, transformation, aggregation, and delivery to different data storage systems.
What they're looking for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years focused on data or platform infrastructure
- Deep, hands-on experience architecting both batch (Airflow, Dagster, or similar) and stream processing systems at scale (Spark, Flink, Kafka Streams, or similar)
- Familiarity with data quality, lineage, observability, and governance tooling
- Strong programming skills in Python (Java, Scala, or Go a plus) and SQL
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, comfortable driving cross-functional infrastructure decisions
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or the equivalent
More about this role
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 Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure to support our mission.
This role is remote, with optional in-person attendance in either the New York or San Francisco office.
The Data Foundations team at Patreon builds the pipelines, models, and infrastructure that power both customer-facing and internal data products. The Data Infrastructure function within the team owns the foundational platform — streaming,...
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