Patreon
media and community platform
SeniorEngineeringManager,Platform
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“Senior Engineering Manager, Platform at Patreon. Skills: Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Management, Team Leadership, Distributed Systems. Lead 2–3 Platform & Infrastructure teams. Own roadmap and execution strategy”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure Patreon's platform is reliable and scalable
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years of engineering experience, 5+ years in engineering management, Experience leading platform, infrastructure, or foundational backend teams, Demonstrated experience scaling a consumer product, UGC platform, or marketplace to millions of users, Experience designing and operating distributed systems, APIs, and service-oriented architectures in a production environment, Experience operating production systems with high availability and performance requirements
Nice to Have
Background in developer platforms, internal tooling, or platform abstractions, Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), Familiarity with data pipelines, Familiarity with event-driven systems, Experience leading through major architectural transitions or scale inflection points
What You'll Do.
Lead 2–3 Platform & Infrastructure teams
Own roadmap and execution strategy
Drive platform initiatives
Develop and mentor engineering managers
Contribute to area-wide multi-year strategy
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with Product, Security, Data, and Product Engineering leaders; Partner closely with Product, Security, Data, and peer engineering leaders
Communication Scope
Produce written and verbal updates
Full Job Description
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 Director of Platform Engineering to support our mission. This role is based in New York or San Francisco and open to those who are able to be in-office 2 days per week on a hybrid work model. ABOUT THE TEAM We're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the teams responsible for the core infrastructure and platform services that power Patreon's product and ecosystem. This role is ideal for a senior engineering leader who has: - Scaled a consumer, UGC, or marketplace platform to millions of users - Led infrastructure and/or platform teams supporting product engineering at scale - Operated in environments with high availability, bursty traffic, and complex distributed systems You'll partner closely with Product, Security, Data, and Product Engineering leaders to ensure Patreon's platform is reliable and scalable. ABOUT THE ROLE - Lead 2–3 Platform & Infrastructure teams encompassing backend services, databases, and reliability foundations. - Own roadmap and execution strategy for your teams, aligned to org-wide and business goals. - Drive platform initiatives across core backend services, service reliability, performance and scalability. - Partner closely with Product, Security, Data, an
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