# Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

Hiring organization: [Patreon](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/patreon)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/e2c0ef84-ce82-49e8-b62d-372d4c7964c4

Listed on Patreon's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Staff
- Location: New York, NY
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 232000 – 386000 USD per year

## Summary

A data infrastructure leader role at Patreon focused on designing and operating the streaming, batch, and data lake platforms that power the company's analytics and product systems. This position suits experienced platform engineers who enjoy building self-serve infrastructure that enables other teams while working on mission-driven products for creators.

_Our summary, not Patreon's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Airflow, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, ClickHouse, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Go, Java, MySQL, Python, Scala, SPARK, SQL

## Required

- 8+ years software engineering experience
- 4+ years in data or platform infrastructure
- Hands-on experience architecting batch and stream processing systems at scale
- Data quality, lineage, observability, and governance tooling familiarity
- Strong Python and SQL skills
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and multiple data storage types
- Cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field or equivalent

## Nice to have

- Delta Lake or Iceberg experience
- AWS experience
- Databricks experience
- Open-source streaming or infrastructure tooling contributions
- Experience supporting ML/AI workflows, training pipelines, or evaluation systems

Apply on Patreon's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/patreon/e8f0fe39-1a3f-4672-8857-0258800dc24f/application