Patreon
Director of Engineering, Payments
$340K–$425K
San Francisco +1 · Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York - Experience
- 12+ years of software engineering experience and 7+ years managing engineering managers and teams.
About the job
Leads Patreon’s Payments engineering organization, setting strategy and overseeing systems and experiences for payment processing, checkout, creator payouts, and internal support tools.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction, roadmap priorities, team structure, and staffing plans for Payments.
- Lead major infrastructure initiatives and improve payment reliability, efficiency, and operational excellence.
- Make build-versus-buy and vendor decisions, and represent Payments in cross-functional planning.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of software engineering experience and 7+ years managing engineering managers and teams.
- Direct experience with payments, billing, or financial infrastructure at scale, or adjacent regulated-fintech domains.
- Experience with vendor relationships and build-versus-buy decisions for critical infrastructure.
- Record of shipping high-impact end-to-end product work in complex domains at the organizational level.
Nice to have
- Experience with international payments expansion, including local payment methods, currency conversion, or cross-border compliance.
- Background in marketplace or creator-economy businesses.
Pay
$340K – $425K USD base salary
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