Intelligence & Investigation Analyst

3 Weeks ago • 3 Years + • Data Analyst

Job Summary

Job Description

As an Intelligence & Investigations Analyst at Patreon, you'll protect the platform by conducting proactive investigations, identifying emerging threats, and investigating sophisticated abuse patterns. You'll analyze data, develop actionable intelligence, support incident management, and collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, Policy, Legal, and Fraud). Responsibilities include researching platform risks, monitoring digital landscapes, creating intelligence reports, enhancing platform protection, and contributing to threat mitigation strategies. The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with OSINT techniques, proficiency in data analysis tools and SQL, and excellent communication skills.
Must have:
  • 3+ years experience in investigations or related field
  • Strong OSINT and investigation skills
  • Data analysis proficiency (SQL)
  • Excellent communication and collaboration
  • Ability to handle sensitive content
Good to have:
  • Experience with UGC platforms
  • Payments integrity experience
  • Creator economy knowledge
Perks:
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Healthcare benefits
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Company holidays and recharge days
  • Commuter benefits
  • Lifestyle stipends
  • Learning & development stipends
  • Patronage
  • Parental leave
  • 401k 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 Intelligence & Investigations Analyst to support our mission

This role is available to those wishing to work in our San Francisco and New York offices on a hybrid work model or those wishing to be remote in the United States.

About the Role

As an Intelligence & Investigations Analyst on Patreon’s new Intelligence & Investigations (I&I) team, you will help protect the platform through investigative expertise and data-driven insights. You’ll conduct proactive investigations, contribute to incident management, detect persistent abuse actors, and help prevent platform abuse. This role requires strong analytical skills and the ability to transform complex findings into actionable intelligence for cross-functional partners.

What You’ll Do

  • Conduct Proactive Investigations: Research potential platform risks through investigation and data analysis, providing recommendations for preventative measures

  • Identify Emerging Threats: Monitor digital landscapes to detect new and evolving threat methodologies targeting creator platforms

  • Investigate Sophisticated Abuse: Conduct in-depth investigations into complex abuse patterns and bad actor techniques, developing comprehensive profiles of their methodologies

  • Support Incident Management: Help triage and respond to critical platform incidents, documenting patterns to inform future prevent strategies

  • Track Off-Platform Threats: Monitor and research external bad actors who may pose risks to Patreon’s platform and creators

  • Develop Intelligence Products: Create clear, actionable insights from investigations to share with key stakeholders across the organization

  • Analyze Complex Abuse Patterns: Identify subtle and evolving patterns of platform manipulation through multi-dimensional analysis

  • Contribute to Detection Improvements: Provide detailed recommendations for enhancing platform protection capabilities based on investigative findings

  • Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work with Product, Engineering, Policy, Legal, and Fraud teams to implement sophisticated threat mitigation strategies

About You

The ideal candidate will have a curiosity for diving deeper into platform abuse, and feel comfortable making risk-based recommendations. It is highly important that candidates are focused on results and are self-starters. 

  • 3+ years of experience in investigations, intelligence, trust & safety, or a related field

  • Strong background in OSINT techniques and complex investigations

  • Experience analyzing abuse patterns and threat actor methodologies in digital environments

  • Proficiency with data analysis tools and SQL for investigative purposes

  • Ability to transform complex findings into clear, actionable intelligence reports

  • Experience working in fast-paced environments requiring rapid incident response

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively share insights with diverse stakeholders

  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement solutions

  • Ability to handle exposure to potentially sensitive, graphic, or controversial content

  • Self-motivated approach with strong problem-solving abilities

  • Nice to have: Experience with UGC platforms, payments integrity, or creator economy

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: $99.5K - $149.5K

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