Security Engineer

Required

• You can develop software (Python, Rust, Golang, or a similar language). You have experience working in a modern software development environment (git, CI/CD, LLM coding tools, etc.)
• You’re energized by fast iteration: shipping MVPs, testing hypotheses, and evolving products based on what creators and fans respond to.
• You take pride in creating elegant solutions to messy, real-world problems and balancing pragmatic trade-offs between security risks and business needs.
• You believe in Patreon’s mission: giving creators control over their work and building communities that feel good to be in.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or the equivalent
• Bonus if you have:
• Experience working on large scale Internet platforms that allow users to upload content.
• Past contributions to large scale, production code bases.
• Experience responding to security incidents, investigating incident impact, and building out incident mitigations.
• We hire talented and passionate people from different backgrounds because workplace diversity and inclusion is critical to our ability to serve creators worldwide. 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 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.