Meet the Cell Workforce | Yifan Peng

As we proceed to enhance our consumer expertise for our creators and their patrons, we wished to provide a behind-the-scenes take a look at the folks constructing Patreon. On this sequence, you’ll meet the Cell Workforce led by Shannon Ma.

Up subsequent in our sequence is iOS engineer Yifan Peng. Having spent virtually a decade at Meta/Instagram, Yifan brings a breadth and depth of expertise to Patreon as we glance to ship best-in-class cell merchandise for our members. Be taught extra about Yifan and her expertise right here.

Inform us three enjoyable info about your self:

1. I by no means had pets rising up, however I acquired two pandemic pets within the final 12 months.
2. I’m initially from China and I’ve lived in New York for the final 10 years.
3. I make pottery in my neighborhood ceramic studio.

What excites you most about your function?

As an iOS engineer on the Cell Workforce, there are a number of alternatives to enhance the consumer expertise on our app. I’m enthusiastic about constructing a first-class Patreon iOS app for each creators and their patrons.

What’s a day within the life at Patreon like?

I spend a portion of my time preserving my head down coding and dealing on initiatives, and one other portion collaborating with the Cell Workforce and prolonged workforce. We’re at present engaged on a hiring initiative, so I present enter there as nicely.

Coming from Massive Tech, what drew you to Patreon? How is it completely different?

I joined Patreon after 9 years at Meta and Instagram. I used to be drawn to Patreon by each the mission and alternative. Patreon actually operates behind its mission, and there are a number of development alternatives for the corporate and creators. Management right here has top-down transparency that I discover refreshing. I like how open our management is and that they’re not afraid to reply robust questions and never afraid to suppose large.

As a cell engineer, what challenges do you take pleasure in probably the most?

I’m enthusiastic about constructing a first-class expertise for each creators and shoppers, and I take pleasure in working with cross-functional groups to develop the perfect product for our customers. Creators have the choice to make use of quite a lot of codecs on our platforms, and I’m excited to tackle the problem of supporting these codecs that enable creators to construct their very own content material.

What do you take pleasure in most about engaged on the Cell Workforce?

The folks. I actually take pleasure in working with my workforce and I study so much from them. By way of collaboration, we’re all comparatively new. Everybody has a few years of expertise and experience engaged on agile cell apps. This brings completely different views, and so they’re all useful and enthusiastic about serving to others. As a workforce, we even have the power to outline and develop inner processes for Patreon. To come back in and notice that we now have that chance is thrilling.