Backend Engineer, Data & Insights Platform

Patreon; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Patreon is seeking a Backend Engineer to build and own the services, APIs, and data flows behind creator insights. This role focuses on delivering scalable backend solutions and reliable data pipelines that power insights for creators.

You will collaborate across product, design, data science, and engineering teams to turn questions into well-scoped solutions, and you will mentor teammates while driving robust, well-tested code in a hybrid in-office model in New York or San Francisco.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend software development experience.
• Strong Python programming skills and testing/CI/CD practices.
• Solid SQL experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs serving creator insights.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines and models feeding insights features.
• Improve data quality, monitoring, and performance for reliable analytics.
• Collaborate with product, design, data scientists, and engineers to scope solutions.
• Drive technical design, write well-tested code, and mentor teammates.

Skills

Backend development

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

CI/CD

Testing

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field

Tools

Airflow

Spark

Kafka/Kinesis

dbt

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Elastic Search

Job description

Patreon is seeking a Backend Engineer to build and own the services, APIs, and data flows behind creator insights. This role focuses on delivering scalable backend solutions and reliable data pipelines that power insights for creators.

You will collaborate across product, design, data science, and engineering teams to turn questions into well-scoped solutions, and you will mentor teammates while driving robust, well-tested code in a hybrid in-office model in New York or San Francisco.