Security Engineer

About the Position

Security Engineer

Patreon is a media and community platform where over 300,000 creators give their biggest fans access to exclusive work and experiences. We offer creators a variety of ways to engage with their fans and build a lasting business including: paid memberships, free memberships, community chats, live video, and selling to fans directly with one-time purchases.

Ultimately our goal is simple: fund the creative class. And we're leaders in that space, with:

• $10 billion+ generated by creators since Patreon's inception
• 100 million+ free memberships for fans who may not be ready to pay just yet, and
• 25 million+ paid memberships on Patreon today.

We're continuing to invest heavily in building the best creator platform with the best team in the creator economy and are looking for a Security Engineer to support our mission.

This role is Fully Remote (US only), or can be based in New York or San Francisco (where it is open to those who are able to be in-office 3 days per week on a hybrid work model.)

Responsibilities

• Contribute to security projects and respond to security investigations, vulnerabilities, or questions.
• Work on application security, infrastructure security, and internal/corporate security.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to help respond to security incidents and investigations.
• Write code to support security work and improve the security of the Patreon platform.
• Collaborate with other members of the security team, the wider Risk engineering org, and cross-functional partners in engineering, legal, and IT.

Requirements

• Two or more years of experience reducing security risks in the application, infrastructure, or corporate security spaces.
• Deeper knowledge (three or more years) in at least one security or security-adjacent domain (infrastructure security, application security, cloud security, corporate/IT security, cryptography, privacy, etc.)
• Ability to develop software (Python, Rust, Golang, or a similar language).
• Experience working in a modern software development environment (git, CI/CD, LLM coding tools, etc.)
• Experience using AI tools (LLMs, ML models, etc) to identify and address security issues (software vulnerabilities, detection and response, etc.)
• Energetic about fast iteration: shipping MVPs, testing hypotheses, and evolving products based on what creators and fans respond to.
• Pride in creating elegant solutions to messy, real-world problems and balancing pragmatic trade-offs between security risks and business needs.
• Belief in Patreon’s mission: giving creators control over their work and building communities that feel good to be in.

Nice to 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 Offer

• Competitive salary range: $170K - $255.5K
• Offers Equity
• Comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, flexible time off, company holidays and recharge days, commuter benefits, lifestyle stipends, learning and development stipends, patronage, parental leave, and 401k plan with matching.

About the Company

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.

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. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the interview process, please let us know via email at accommodations@patreon.

Patreon operates under a hybrid work model, where employees based in office locations are expected to come into the office three days per week, excluding sick time and paid leave. The goal of this policy is to be intentional about the in-person time we spend together to strengthen the feeling of community at Patreon. Candidates hired into remote-eligible roles are not expected to meet the same requirements.

At Patreon, we believe in fair and transparent pay. In compliance with New York and California pay transparency laws, we are sharing the expected salary range for this role.

The posted salary range is dependent on the location and the level. This range may encompass multiple levels within the role’s job family. The final offer will be based on candidate’s experience, skills, competencies, and geographic location, aligning with the appropriate job level within Patreon’s leveling framework. For remote employees located outside CA and NY, salary may vary based on location and local market conditions.

Patreon reserves the right to modify or update compensation and benefits at any time.