Backend Software Engineer

Patreon; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Coverage

Flexible Time Off

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Hybrid Work Offices

Retirement matching

HSA

Job summary

Patreon is seeking a Backend Engineer to build and own the services, APIs, and data flows behind creator insights. You will partner with Data Engineering, Data Science, Product, and Design to turn creator and fan data into features used daily.

You’ll design data models, maintain pipelines, and ensure data quality and performance at scale. You will work across the stack from ingestion to product surface, implementing robust backend services and data-driven analytics capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years or 5+ years of backend software development experience.
• Strong SQL and relational data modeling (MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Experience with data-intensive work: batch or streaming pipelines, data jobs, analytics data.
• Excellent collaboration with product, design, and data teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs that serve creator insights at scale.
• Build and maintain data pipelines, jobs, and models that feed insights features.
• Improve data quality, monitoring, and performance so creators see accurate data.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, data scientists, and engineers to turn questions into solutions.
• Drive technical design, write well-tested code, and mentor teammates.

Skills

Python

SQL

Backend development

Data pipelines

Data quality

CI/CD

Monitoring

Collaboration

Batch processing

Streaming pipelines

Airflow

Spark

Kafka/Kinesis

dbt

Elasticsearch

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Airflow

Kafka

Kinesis

dbt

Elasticsearch

Job description

• 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, Backend to support our mission
• Our team builds the insights and analytics experiences creators rely on to understand and grow their business on Patreon, along with the infrastructure that keeps those numbers accurate and trustworthy
• We partner closely with Data Engineering, Data Science, Product, and Design to turn creator and fan data into features creators use every day
• As a Backend Engineer on the team, you will build and own the services, APIs, and data flows behind creator insights
• You will bring a strong backend foundation and the curiosity to work in the data layer: designing data models, building and maintaining pipelines and jobs, and making sure the data creators see is correct, fast, and reliable
• You will work across the stack from ingestion to the product surface, and take on work that today depends heavily on Data Engineering
• Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs that serve creator insights at scale
• Build and maintain data pipelines, jobs, and models that feed insights features, in partnership with Data Engineering
• Improve data quality, monitoring, and performance so creators can trust what they see
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, data scientists, and engineers to turn ambiguous questions into well-scoped solutions
• Drive technical design, write well-tested and maintainable code, and mentor teammates

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision plans are available to our US employees and their dependents. Our plans have a nationwide network and we also cover a primary care concierge membership.
• Balance & Wellness: We offer a generous Flexible Time Off policy, in addition to days throughout the year where everyone takes the same day off to recharge our batteries. Employees and their dependents also have access to therapy, coaching, and Employee Assistance Programs services.
• Family Planning: We provide 20 weeks of paid parental leave, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits, as well as an annual stipend for new additions to your families (including pets!).
• Lifestyle & Learning: You’ll have stipends to fund your personal lifestyle and to support your favorite creators on Patreon, as well as an annual stipend for learning and development.
• Hybrid Work: Our offices are in San Francisco, New York, and Porto. Plus, we have more teammates working remotely around the world.
• Financial Support: We offer employer matching for our retirement plans and Health Savings Account (HSA), as well as access to 1:1 financial guidance with a Certified Financial Planner.

• Strong programming skills in Python or a similar language, with good engineering practices (testing, CI/CD, monitoring)
• Care about data accuracy and reliability, including idempotency, backfills, and handling late or duplicate data
• Hands-on experience with data-intensive work, such as batch or streaming pipelines, scheduled jobs, event logging, or serving analytical data (e.g. Airflow, Spark, Kafka / Kinesis, dbt, a data lake or warehouse)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or the equivalent
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills; comfortable partnering with product, design, and data teams
• Strong SQL skills and experience designing and optimizing relational data models (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• 3+ years or 5+ years of experience in backend software development, building production services and APIs
• Experience with data quality, lineage, or observability tooling
• Familiarity with metric design and data modeling for analytics and experimentation
• Familiarity with Elastic Search or OLAP
• Experience building customer-facing analytics, reporting, or insights features