Job Title: Staff Software Engineer, Identity & Access

Company Name: Patreon

Job Url: https://jobright.ai/jobs/info/69a5ed290da45516f16eb70d

Job Description: 
Patreon
· 20 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Identity & Access

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$246K/yr - $370K/yr

6+ years exp
80%
GOOD MATCH
100%
Exp. Level
64%
Skill
42%
Industry Exp.
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Patreon is a media and community platform where over 300,000 creators give their biggest fans access to exclusive work and experiences. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer focused on Identity and Access to provide technical leadership on projects related to user identity and authentication, ensuring security and usability for creators and their fans.
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Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership on a range of identity and access related projects
Design, build, and deploy core Patreon systems such as multi-factor authentication flows, ID verification systems, and account takeover detections
Engage with stakeholders to define requirements and balance a range of security, privacy, and compliance needs
Drive technical design of components that are scalable, well tested, and are easy to maintain
Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, designers, and other engineers to deliver high quality features
Champion innovative solutions that improve security and usability for creators and their fans
Contribute to growth and maturity of the team by improving processes, providing mentorship, and helping to expand the organization

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Python
Identity systems design
Authentication systems
Data storage techniques
Security
Privacy concerns
Mentorship
Collaboration
Problem-solving
Required
6+ years of experience in software development
Strong experience with Python or a similar language
Experience designing and building identity or authentication systems
Familiarity with the security and privacy concerns inherent to dealing with identity data or authentication flows
Comfortable with data storage techniques and understand how data modeling, performance, and reliability intersect in real-world systems
Worked on consumer-facing features where quality, experience, and emotional feel matter
Energized by fast iteration: shipping MVPs, testing hypotheses, and evolving products based on what creators and fans respond to
Take pride in creating elegant solutions to messy, real-world problems and balancing pragmatic trade-offs
Build a strong product-minded engineering culture by mentoring and guiding engineers
Believe in Patreon's mission: giving creators control over their work and building communities that feel good to be in
Bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or the equivalent