Staff iOS Engineer, Mobile Platform - Patreon : 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 iOS Engineer to support our mission. This role is based in San Francisco or New York and open to those who are able to be in-office 2 days per week on a hybrid work model. About the Role This iOS position on our mobile platform team will provide the opportunity to work on some of the most critical components, tooling, and underlying infrastructure supporting Patreon's iOS application. Additionally, as an engineering leader, you will contribute to the mentoring and training as well as reviewing software designs and code for our iOS engineers. Your responsibilities will include:

• Collaboration with Product Teams: Collaborate with the product teams at Patreon to understand their requirements and ensure they have the infrastructure they need to be successful and keep the application well-structured.
• Technical Expertise: Leverage your technical expertise and experience to identify problems and fix them before they become major hurdles to developers' productivity or production incidents.
• Improve Performance & Reliability: Collect and analyze performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement and implementing optimizations to enhance the overall performance and reliability of the application.

About You

• 7+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Proficiency with the Swift programming language.
• Familiarity with the iOS AVFoundation framework is a plus.
• A track record of scaling, improving quality, and increasing reliability of iOS applications.
• Strong understanding of optimization and performance issues on iOS.
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

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.