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$296,000 – $444,000
Listed on Patreon’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Lead Patreon's Payments team of 10–12 engineers, owning the infrastructure and user-facing systems that process billions in creator earnings and fan transactions. This role suits experienced engineering managers with deep payments or fintech expertise who thrive balancing reliability work with product innovation across a mission-critical system.
Our summary, not Patreon’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
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What they ask for
Required
- 10+ years software engineering experience
- 5+ years managing an engineering team
- Direct experience with payments, billing, or financial infrastructure at scale
- Understanding of PCI compliance, payment processing, chargebacks, and reconciliation
- Experience shipping end-to-end product work in complex domains
- Comfortable balancing reliability work and new product bets
- Experience navigating vendor relationships and build-vs-buy decisions
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills
- Ability to step in hands-on when needed to drive outcomes
Nice to have
- Experience with international payments expansion and local payment methods
- Background in marketplace or creator-economy businesses