Staff Frontend Engineer

1 Month ago • 6-7 Years • Frontend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Patreon seeks a Staff Frontend Engineer to enhance the user experience on its platform, focusing on the 'Home' feed. This role involves architecting and developing new features to improve content discovery and engagement. Collaboration with backend and ML engineers is crucial to integrate ranking and recommendation systems. The ideal candidate will optimize frontend performance, run A/B tests, and refine the codebase using best practices. Responsibilities include building high-quality, performant, and personalized experiences for Patreon's web app, ensuring fans stay connected with relevant content. This position requires strong expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and modern frontend frameworks, along with experience in scalable architecture and state management.
Must have:
  • 6-7+ years web app development experience
  • JavaScript, TypeScript, React expertise
  • Scalable frontend architecture & state management
  • Performance optimization & responsive design
  • Cross-functional collaboration
Good to have:
  • Experience with content feeds or discovery surfaces
  • Large-scale web app development experience
  • Open-source contributions
Perks:
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Healthcare benefits
  • Unlimited paid time off
  • Company holidays and recharge days
  • Commuter benefits
  • Lifestyle stipends
  • Learning and 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 a Staff 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 Staff 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

  • 6-7+ 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: $246.4K - $369.6K

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