iOS Platform Engineer

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Ultimately our goal is simple: fund the creative class. And we're leaders in that space, with:

• $8 billion+ in revenue generated since Patreon's inception

• 60 million+ free new memberships for fans who may not be ready to pay just yet, and

• 10 million+ fans paying each month for exclusive access to creators' work and community.

We're continuing to invest heavily in building the best creator platform with the best team in the creator economy and are looking for a Staff IOS Engineer to support our mission.

This role is based in New York or San Francisco and open to those who are able to be in-office 2 days per week on a hybrid work model.

About the Team

The Client Platforms team owns the infrastructure that powers the frontend, iOS, and Android platforms at Patreon. We keep the applications running, modern, and productive. We provide the tools, frameworks, and best practices to keep the code reliable and performant. As a team we aim to provide a fun and collaborative environment where risk taking is allowed and rewarded, high craft is the norm, and your career growth goals are supported.

About the Role

As a Staff iOS Engineer on our Platform team, you’ll be a technical torch-bearer for everything that lives below the product surface:

• Elevate our design system. Own the architecture, implementation, and ongoing evolution of our shared Swift component library so product teams can ship beautiful, unified experiences at speed.

• Champion accessibility. Work closely with our Design team to address accessibility issues and ensure WCAG 2.2 compliance.

• Guide strategic migrations. Lead multi-phase initiatives such as replacing our local data store, introducing modern view patterns, and expanding our adoption of SwiftUI.

• Set the bar for engineering quality. Review engineering design proposals for new features, help shape backend API contracts, and run thoughtful code reviews that level-up engineers across the org.

• Influence the platform roadmap. Work closely with design, product, and leadership to translate long-term business goals into a clear, scalable technical vision for iOS.

• Mentor and multiply. Provide hands-on coaching, documentation, and golden path implementations that grow the entire mobile team so they can deliver with confidence.

About You

• 6+ years building consumer-grade iOS apps, with at least 1 year operating in a Staff role.

• Expert-level Swift and deep knowledge of UIKit; comfortable refactoring large codebases to modern patterns. Familiarity with SwiftUI is a plus.

• Experience building and maintaining a design system — including theming, typography, motion, and accessibility states — is desired.

• In-depth understanding of iOS accessibility APIs (UIAccessibility, VoiceOver, Dynamic Type) and current WCAG guidelines.

• Comfortable reviewing and shaping backend API contracts; able to reason about latency, payload size, and maintainability over time.

• Experience with git, modern CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.

• Excellent communication skills—you write crisp design docs, give actionable feedback, and can influence without authority across teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or the equivalent

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 because workplace diversity and inclusion is critical to our ability to serve creators worldwide. 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. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the interview process, please let us know via email at accomodations@patreon.

Patreon offers a competitive benefits package including and not limited to salary, equity plans, healthcare, flexible time off, company holidays and recharge days, commuter benefits, lifestyle stipends, learning and development stipends, patronage, parental leave, and 401k plan with matching.

Patreon operates under a hybrid work model, where employees based in office locations are expected to come into the office two days per week, excluding sick time and paid leave. The goal of this policy is to be intentional about the in-person time we spend together to strengthen the feeling of community at Patreon. Candidates outside of our office hubs are not expected to meet the same requirements.

At Patreon, we believe in fair and transparent pay. In compliance with New York and California pay transparency laws, we are sharing the expected salary range for this role.

The posted salary range is dependent on the location and the level. This range may encompass multiple levels within the role’s job family. The final offer will be based on candidate’s experience, skills, competencies, and geographic location, aligning with the appropriate job level within Patreon’s leveling framework. For remote employees located outside CA and NY, salary may vary based on location and local market conditions.

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