Staff I Software Engineer - Crunchyroll｜Meet.jobs

About the jobWho We Are

We’re a cast of characters working to shine a spotlight on anime. Crunchyroll is an international business focused on creating both online and offline experiences for fans through content (licensed, co-produced, originals, distribution), merchandise, events, gaming, news, and more. Visit our About Us pages for more information about our collection of brands.

Crunchyroll COVID-19 Hiring Status

Crunchyroll employees are currently working from home, and we are still conducting remote interviews and hiring during this time. This role is expected to start remotely, and we’ll work closely with you as we understand every person has unique circumstances.

Location: San Francisco

Our headquarters is located in downtown San Francisco, where our group of cross-functional experts assemble to create experiences for our passionate communities.

About You

Our Crunchyroll Technology Platform helps us scale to serve millions of users across the globe, and we are looking to expand our team of world-class engineers, so we can continue to innovate and offer rock-solid reliability to our content partners. You are a full-stack engineer and a professional with strong technical design principles, not a hacker. You understand the requirements and think before you code, adhere to principles of abstraction and best practices in API design, and are as cognizant of the limitations in what  you build as you are of your capabilities. You are familiar with many technologies and can confidently pick the right tool for the job at hand.

About The Team:

We are a team of enthusiasts who dedicate their time to building reliable and scalable solutions for complex problems and our biggest challenge is to keep our anime fans satisfied. The Platform Engineering CMS team builds and maintains services responsible for the ingestion and presentation of content that are essential to our customers’ end-user experience. We promote strong engineering practices, use innovative technologies and cloud-based microservice architecture which enables us to handle very high traffic load with ease.

About You:

 

5+ years working on API’s and/or web technologies

Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and networking

Familiarity with code design principles, patterns, and methodologies

Deep understanding of the development lifecycle and engineering best-practices

Experience with MySQL, DynamoDB, Elastic-Search, Kinesis

 

Pluses:

 

Strong experience in Golang

Strong experience with AWS and GPC

DevOps experience (Applications, Infrastructures, Databases)

Familiarity with content management, internet video steaming

Experience in high-load environments

BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

 

A day in the life of a Staff Software Engineer, CMS:

 

Work with engineers, product managers, and project managers to implement new features across Crunchyroll's CMS

Improve the scalability of our services through proper planning and load testing

Improve the availability of our platform through better monitoring, performance reporting, and error reporting

Improve the server response times of our APIs by profiling, identifying, and eliminating bottlenecks

Consider system security in every design decision

Work with operations to evaluate new infrastructure

Research and generate ways to serve our customers

Plan, analyze, and optimize to help our team growth

Support and improve internal processes

Collaborate with other teams within the company

 

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Benefits: San Francisco Office:

 

Competitive salary

“Use What You Need” time away from work policy

Medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance

Health care and dependent care FSA

401(k) plan with employer match

Employer paid commuter benefit

On-site gym, showers, yoga, and wellness classes

Catered lunch and dinner 4 days per week

Skilled, passionate, and fun co-workers

Pet friendly environment - pet insurance and dog friendly office

 

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About Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with the content and experiences they love. In addition to free ad-supported and subscription premium content, Crunchyroll serves the anime community across events, theatrical, games, consumer products, collectibles and manga publishing.

Anime fans have access to one of the largest collections of licensed anime through Crunchyroll and translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast. 

The Crunchyroll app is available on over 15 platforms, including all gaming consoles.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

Our Company Values

You’ll see these in action if we’re lucky enough to have you:

 

*Courage *- When we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.

Curiosity - We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.

Service - We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

Kaizen - We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

 

 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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