Meet Shannon, our Director of Cellular Engineering

We wish to make rising and operating a artistic enterprise so simple as attainable for creators, which is why we’re constructing out our cellular providing. As a part of that mission, we’re additionally welcoming Shannon Ma to Patreon because the Director of Engineering for our Cellular groups. With in depth expertise engaged on large-scale cellular functions, together with Instagram, Fb, and Apple, Shannon brings a wealth of data and perception into the cellular world of engineering. Shannon and all the crew are diving in to create a world-class cellular expertise constructed to finest serve creators, to allow them to showcase what they do finest.

All through your profession, you’ve labored with three corporations which have helped set the bar for cellular merchandise. What drew you to Patreon as the next step?

Computer systems have been a giant passion of mine rising up. I’m lucky to have turned my ardour right into a profession that’s supplied an amazing future for my household.

At the moment’s creator trade has many similarities to the pc trade after I was rising up. It’s nonetheless in its infancy and can attain scale with the subsequent technology. Working at Patreon, constructing instruments that allow monetary stability for the creator economic system permits me to assist in giving again what was given to me.

I’ve additionally labored in large tech for many of my profession, most just lately at Meta for the final 9 years. I wished to expertise an earlier stage firm to get again to my roots. Patreon was the corporate that stood out as a result of, along with this, it had a robust aggressive benefit and a mission I believed in.

What are you most enthusiastic about on your crew?

I spent the final 13 years in cellular and through that point, I had the possibility to work on just a few groups that helped form the trade. The primary was CoreLocation at Apple, the second was Paper & Instantaneous Articles at Fb, and the latest was Instagram. I felt fortunate to have skilled one among these alternatives in my profession, not to mention three.

The cellular crew we seeded at Patreon is probably the most gifted one I’ve labored on in my profession. Many people labored collectively beforehand and we’re going to have numerous enjoyable constructing the subsequent technology of Patreon on cellular. I’m wanting ahead to constructing each a crew and product that’s a reference level for the trade.

What are you most enthusiastic about constructing?

I’m enthusiastic about making Patreon cellular probably the most participating place people can work together with their favourite creators. At the moment, many members have interaction with their creators by e-mail and internet. We all know cellular is a greater medium for engagement due to its accessibility and immersive expertise. So there’s a large alternative for us to assist creators and unlock worth for members.

We’re going to lean into the close-knit audiences creators constructed on Patreon by taking large swings at new bets. We are going to make the Patreon app the Netflix equal for being entertained by your unique content material subscriptions. We can even strengthen our foundations by bringing Native Video to the platform and constructing out scalable infra.

For cellular engineers seeking to be part of Patreon, what recommendation would you give them?

It’s an amazing alternative for folk who wish to get again to their roots of getting enjoyable whereas constructing nice software program. Observe your coronary heart and don’t overthink your subsequent transfer.