Frontend Engineer

2 Months ago • 3-4 Years • Frontend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Patreon seeks a Frontend Engineer to join their Home Team, responsible for enhancing the user experience on their web application. This role focuses on building and refining high-quality, performant, and personalized experiences for fans. Responsibilities include architecting and developing new features for the Home feed, improving discoverability and engagement, working with backend and ML engineers, collaborating with product, design, and data teams, optimizing frontend performance, running A/B tests, and refining the web codebase. The ideal candidate will have 3-4+ years of experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern frontend frameworks like React or Next.js, a strong understanding of scalable frontend architecture, and experience with performance optimizations.
Must have:
  • 3-4+ years experience in web application development using JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, or similar).
  • Strong understanding of scalable frontend architecture and state management.
  • Experience with performance optimizations, caching strategies, and responsive web design.
  • Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Good to have:
  • Experience working on content feeds or other discovery surfaces.
  • Background in large-scale web app development with modern architectural patterns.
  • Contributions to open-source web projects or personal side projects.
Perks:
  • Competitive benefits package
  • Equity plans
  • Healthcare
  • Unlimited paid time off
  • Company holidays and recharge days
  • Commuter benefits
  • Lifestyle stipends
  • Learning and development stipends
  • Patronage
  • 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 a Frontend Engineer 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

Patreon is seeking a skilled and passionate Frontend Engineer to join our Home Team. This team is responsible for shaping the Home experience, ensuring that members seamlessly discover and engage with creators’ content. You'll be the Web expert on a cross-functional team already staffed with backend and machine learning engineers, working together to optimize content discovery and engagement.

Your primary focus will be to build and refine high-quality, performant, and personalized experiences in the Patreon web app, ensuring that fans stay connected with the content that matters most to them.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

  • Architect and develop new features for the Home feed, improving discoverability and engagement.

  • Work closely with backend and ML engineers to integrate ranking and recommendation systems into the web experience.

  • Partner with product, design, and data teams to create seamless, user-friendly experiences.

  • Optimize frontend performance, ensuring smooth and efficient content delivery.

  • Run client-side A/B tests to measure impact and iterate on product improvements.

  • Continuously refine the web codebase, adopting best practices and modern development patterns.

About You

  • 3-4+ years of experience developing web applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, or similar).

  • Strong understanding of scalable frontend architecture and state management.

  • Experience with performance optimizations, caching strategies, and responsive web design.

  • Passion for building seamless, intuitive user experiences.

  • Solid communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally.

  • Eager to take on new challenges and expand your skill set.

Bonus Points

  • Experience working on content feeds or other discovery surfaces.

  • Background in large-scale web app development with modern architectural patterns.

  • Contributions to open-source web projects or personal side projects.

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: $178.5K - $241.5K

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