Frontend Engineer

Patreon is a media and community platform where creators give their biggest fans access to exclusive work and experiences. Over 300k creators are cultivating fandoms and building their businesses each month. Creators can offer free memberships to fans looking to explore more of their work, paid memberships to give access to exclusive media and community, or sell directly to fans with Shops.

About The Role

Patreon is seeking a skilled and passionate Staff Frontend Engineer to join our Home Team. This team is responsible for shaping the Home experience, ensuring that members seamlessly discover and engage with creators’ content. You'll be the Web expert on a cross-functional team already staffed with backend and machine learning engineers, working together to optimize content discovery and engagement.

Your primary focus will be to build and refine high-quality, performant, and personalized experiences in the Patreon web app, ensuring that fans stay connected with the content that matters most to them.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Architect and develop new features for the Home feed, improving discoverability and engagement.
• Work closely with backend and ML engineers to integrate ranking and recommendation systems into the web experience.
• Partner with product, design, and data teams to create seamless, user-friendly experiences.
• Optimize frontend performance, ensuring smooth and efficient content delivery.
• Run client-side A/B tests to measure impact and iterate on product improvements.
• Continuously refine the web codebase, adopting best practices and modern development patterns.

About You

• 6-7+ years of experience developing web applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, or similar).
• Strong understanding of scalable frontend architecture and state management.
• Experience with performance optimizations, caching strategies, and responsive web design.
• Passion for building seamless, intuitive user experiences.
• Solid communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
• Eager to take on new challenges and expand your skill set.

Bonus Points

• Experience working on content feeds or other discovery surfaces.
• Background in large-scale web app development with modern architectural patterns.
• Contributions to open-source web projects or personal side projects.

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