What is a DevOps Engineer at Patreon?
At Patreon, the DevOps Engineer role is critical to keeping the creator economy running smoothly. Because Patreon helps millions of creators secure reliable, recurring revenue from their fans, any platform downtime directly impacts creators' livelihoods. As a member of the infrastructure team, you will design, scale, and maintain the highly available cloud systems that handle massive traffic spikes, complex payment processing, and media delivery.
You will work closely with product development teams to build self-service tooling, automate delivery pipelines, and champion modern operational practices. This is not a traditional system administration role; it is an engineering-focused position where you will write software to manage infrastructure, optimize application performance, and build resilient systems. The challenges you solve will directly influence how Patreon scales its platform to support the next generation of digital creators.
This position requires a unique blend of software engineering discipline and deep systems knowledge. Candidates who thrive in this environment are passionate about automation, possess a strong understanding of containerization, and are excited about empowering other developers to ship code safely and rapidly.


