Engineering Manager

1 Month ago • 6-8 Years • Product Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As an Engineering Manager at Patreon, you will build and lead full-stack product engineering teams, focusing on improving the creator experience. This includes working across the entire product surface, taking ownership of strategic areas, and collaborating with Product, Design, and Data Science teams. You will be responsible for driving value for creators and members, using a data-driven, experimental approach. The role demands strong communication, prioritization, and leadership skills, including mentorship and recruiting. You'll represent your team's work in company-wide forums and participate in hiring activities. The position is based in New York or San Francisco with a hybrid work model (2 days in-office).
Must have:
  • Lead product engineering teams
  • Full-stack development experience
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Strong communication & collaboration
  • Mentoring and coaching skills
Perks:
  • Competitive salary & equity
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Healthcare benefits
  • Company holidays & recharge days
  • Commuter benefits
  • Lifestyle stipends
  • Learning & development stipends
  • Parental leave
  • 401k plan with matching

Job Details

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 an Engineering Manager 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 Role

  • Build and lead world-class product engineering teams that work full-stack.

  • Work on opportunities across the entire creator-facing Patreon product surface

  • Take accountability & ownership for big impact and strategic areas of investment to drive direct value to creators and membership

  • Work in a cross-functional strong partnership with Product, Design, DS, Finance and teams that directly interface with our creators

  • Expand on our strong culture of hypothesis, experimentation, metrics-focused measurement

  • Be an advocate and represent your team’s work in company-wide forums

  • Participate in company-wide hiring activities such as recruiting, interviewing, and closing top candidates.

About You

  • Experience leading product engineering teams

  • Obsessed with creating customer delight through engineering craft and rigor

  • Data-driven, analytical thinking

  • Excellent communication and prioritization skills with the ability to lead through influence

  • Collaborative, experienced partnering with PM, Design, UXR and influencing the roadmaps of other teams

  • High EQ and personable approach to management with a focus on coaching and mentoring.

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.

Compensation Range: $246.4K - $369.6K

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