Frontend Engineer, Insights (L4)

Job Description

Patreon is a media and community platform where creators give their biggest fans access to exclusive work and experiences. Over 300k creators are cultivating fandoms and building their businesses each month. Creators can offer free memberships to fans looking to explore more of their work, paid memberships to give access to exclusive media and community, or sell directly to fans with Shops.

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

• 8B+ earned since Patreon's inception

• 30M free new memberships in the first year of launching that option, and

• 10M fans paying each month for exclusive access to creators' work and community.

We're continuing to invest heavily in building the best creator products with the best team in the creator economy and are looking for a Frontend Software Engineer to support our mission.

This role is based in New York  and open to those who are able to be in-office 2 days per week on a hybrid work model.

About the Team          

The Insights team helps creators understand how their business is performing and to take action to maximize their success. We’re working on a multi-year roadmap to grow our creator analytics tooling from basic to best in class.                           

About the Role

• Build products that maximize the reach and ROI of Patreon creators

• Engineer tools with high craft that maximize simplicity and power

• Synthesize feedback from user research, interviews, market insights and trends to build components that solve our users’ most immediate problems

• Employ an iterative approach to development with a focus on shipping evolutionary releases that culminate in revolutionary products

• Work hand in hand with cross-functional partners to refine and deliver new features

• Contribute to company-wide efforts to refine our front-end tech stack 

About You

• 3+ years of experience in software development

• Excited to craft delightful user experiences and reusable components using Next,js and React, grounded in JavaScript and TypeScript best practices

• Good knowledge and understanding of modern web technologies (we use Flask, Node.js, gRPC, HTTP)

• Able to interact with and extend REST APIs

• Experienced with build tools like Webpack, Babel, and CircleCI

• Preference for practicality over dogmatism

• Penchant for solving complex requirements with elegant and simple solutions

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 across the organization. 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.

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