Patreon is the best place for creators to build exclusive content and
community for their fans. We enable creators (podcasters, writers, musicians,
illustrators, etc) to connect with their fans directly and make money from
their creative work. Creators can sell one-off items from their own shops or
offer **_r_** ecurring monthly memberships with exclusive access to their
work.
There are over 250,000 active creators earning on Patreon and over 10 million
members. Our goal has always been to help creators achieve financial freedom
doing what they love - and we're leaders in the space, with over $3.5 billion
earned by creators on our platform. We’re continuing to invest heavily in
building the most talented team in the Creator Economy and are looking for a
**Senior Security Engineer** to support our mission.
_This role can be based in *_ San Francisco, Seattle, New York or Remote.***
**About the Role**
### At Patreon, we deal with some of the most sensitive data such as patrons’
payment methods, creators’ financial information to process payouts, along
with several other bits of personal information from patrons and creators
alike. We process over a billion dollars annually. Our security team takes on
the responsibility of protecting and safeguarding this data, and making sure
these transactions proceed without being tampered with.
We are looking for a senior security engineer with experience in the cloud
security and/or application/product security domain. This role allows for
remote work.
### **About You:**
* Design, Architect and implement solutions to strengthen our infrastructure and corporate security posture.
* Design and deliver solutions that solve real-world security problems.
* Implement and tune security detection and automation for response
* Develop security processes and automated tooling that prevent classes of security issues (ie., SSRF, broken AuthZ, etc.)
* Provide architectural, design and threat-based guidance to software development teams to improve the security posture before code is written
* Perform security assessments of Patreon’s platform, which includes our web application, mobile application, infrastructure, developer tools and internal services
* Respond to and, when appropriate, resolve or escalate security incidents
* Assess, design, implement, automate, and document security solutions and processes for securing K8s, Private Cloud environments, Distributed Systems, and SaaS applications
* Participate in application architecture design, Perform security-focused code reviews, and collaborate with engineering teams to educate them on threats and vulnerabilities applicable to Patreon’s platform
* Be the standard bearer for security at Patreon.
### **Skills and experience you possess:**
* Minimum 4 years of experience as a Security Engineer or Site Reliability Engineer
* Significant technical experience with AWS
* Experience with Python and/or any other additional language
* Deep experience managing and maintaining Web Application Firewalls, PKI, Infrastructure-as-Code tools, and Data sharing services
* Deep experience in cloud native environments
* Working knowledge of container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
* Experience with the development, deployment, and automation of security solutions in an enterprise cloud-based environment
* Knowledge of network based, system level, and application layer attacks and mitigation methods
* Experience with or understanding of a broad range of security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, PKI, IDS/IPS, IAM, Certificate Management, etc.
* Strong knowledge of technology and security topics including network and application security, infrastructure hardening, security baselines, web server, and database security
* An understanding of identity federation, authentication, and authorization (SAML, OIDC, OAuth)
* Strong understanding of common security libraries, security controls, and common security flaws
* Experience making contributions to security community (i.e. podcasts, blogs, open-source tooling, etc.)
**Who You 'll Work With:**
At Patreon, you'll join a high-performing and highly-empathetic team of people
who proudly work on fulfilling our mission of funding the creative class. Our
culture of creator-first, thoughtful teammates keeps work creative,
stretching, and rewarding.
**About Patreon**
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._
We hire talented and passionate people from different backgrounds across the
organization. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t
match with every bullet point outlined above, we strongly encourage you to
apply anyway. If you’re a creator at heart, are energized by our mission, and
share our company values, we’d love to hear from you.
_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._
_Patreon offers a competitive benefits package including and not limited to
salary, equity plans, healthcare, unlimited paid time off, company holidays
and recharge days, commuter benefits, lifestyle stipends, learning and
development stipends, patronage, parental leave, and 401k plan with matching._
Patreon focuses on Digital Media, Video, Music, Entertainment, and
Sponsorship. Their company has offices in San Francisco. They have a mid-size
team that's between 51-200 employees. To date, Patreon has raised $47.1M of
funding; their latest round was closed on January 2016.
You can view their website at <http://www.patreon.com> or find them on
[Twitter](http://twitter.com/patreon),
[Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/patreon), and
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/patreon/).
