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Director of Platform Engineering

Patreon

Skills

Required

  • APIs
  • developer platforms / internal tooling / platform abstractions
  • operating production systems
  • cloud infrastructure
  • AWS/GCP
  • data pipelines
  • event-driven systems
  • distributed systems
  • service-oriented architectures

Preferred

  • tooling
  • Drive platform initiatives
  • service reliability, availability
  • platform scalability
  • capacity planning

Join Patreon as the Director of Platform Engineering, where you will lead the teams responsible for the core infrastructure and platform services that power Patreon's product and ecosystem. You will partner closely with various leaders to ensure the platform is reliable, scalable, and developer-friendly. Your responsibilities will include owning the technical strategy and roadmap for scaling the platform, driving platform initiatives, establishing operational excellence, and hiring and mentoring senior engineering managers and technical leaders.

Lead and grow multiple Platform & Infrastructure Engineering teams, including backend services, APIs, developer platforms, and reliability foundations and AI enablement.

About Patreon

Proven track record scaling a consumer product, UGC platform, or marketplace to millions of users

Experience leading platform, infrastructure, or foundational backend teams

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

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical strategy and roadmap for scaling Patreon’s platform as usage, content, and integrations grow.
  • Drive platform initiatives across core backend services and APIs; service reliability, availability, and performance; platform scalability and capacity planning; and internal developer tooling and productivity.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of engineering experience with 5+ years in engineering management
  • Background in developer platforms, internal tooling, or platform abstractions
  • Experience operating production systems with high availability and performance requirements
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), data pipelines, and event-driven systems
  • Strong background in distributed systems, APIs, and service-oriented architectures
  • Experience leading through major architectural transitions or scale inflection points

Pay

USD 340,000 - 425,000