Staff Backend Engineer, Live Video Platform

Remote Genie; San Francisco, New York (CA, NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Equity plans

Flexible time off

Company holidays

Commuter benefits

Lifestyle stipends

Learning and development stipends

Parental leave

401k plan with matching

Job summary

Patreon seeks a Staff Backend Engineer, Video Platform to shape the live video platform powering creator communities. You will lead backend services, APIs, and streaming infrastructure, delivering reliable, high-quality experiences for fans and creators.

You’ll own architecture across ingest to playback, optimize latency, and collaborate with product, web, and mobile teams in a hybrid model (San Francisco or New York, three days in office; remote options available).

Qualifications

• Significant experience building and operating large-scale backend systems.
• Experience architecting and delivering live video systems for large audiences.
• Strong knowledge of streaming technologies (HLS, low-latency HLS, WebRTC).

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and delivery of live video systems across ingest, transcoding, packaging, delivery, and playback.
• Build scalable backend services and APIs powering live video across web and mobile.
• Improve streaming latency, quality, and reliability across devices and networks.
• Evaluate vendors and drive build-versus-buy decisions with cost and scale in mind.
• Define quality metrics, load testing practices, and incident response for major events.

Skills

Backend engineering

Live video

Distributed systems

APIs

Python

Go

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Patreon seeks a Staff Backend Engineer, Video Platform to shape the live video platform powering creator communities. You will lead backend services, APIs, and streaming infrastructure, delivering reliable, high-quality experiences for fans and creators.

You’ll own architecture across ingest to playback, optimize latency, and collaborate with product, web, and mobile teams in a hybrid model (San Francisco or New York, three days in office; remote options available).