Software Engineer, Crunchyroll
Content Delivery
$149-186.3k
Plus annual performance bonus
Office located in San Francisco, CA
Streaming service for anime and manga
Job no longer available
Streaming service for anime and manga
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$149-186.3k
Plus annual performance bonus
Office located in San Francisco, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create experiences for anime and manga fans, and to enable them to connect through the content they love.
Role
Who you are
- Education that results in strong understanding of computer science principles and design patterns
- Education ranging from a Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related science and engineering degree to alternative education, training, bootcamps, or certifications
- 7+ years experience as a software engineer working on back-end, cloud-based systems
- 3+ years as a software engineer working on or closely supporting front-end applications
- 2+ years of experience working with remote or distributed teams
- Experience in GoLang or Node.js (Typescript)
- Experience with AWS/GCP technologies like Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, ECS
- Experience with relational databases like MySQL or PostgresDB
- Has a willingness to be on-call on a rotational basis along with others in the team to ensure incidents are addressed as quickly as possible with the least disruption to our end-users
- Ability to write & assess clean, functional, high quality and testable code for each of our projects
- Understanding and experience with common programming constructs like code version control tools like GitHub, CI/CD, writing unit and integration tests
- Positive and proactive contributor and team motivator
Desirable
- Familiarity with internet video or content management systems
- Active participation in one or more open source projects
- Experience with implementing and operating systems using event-driven architectures
- Experience measuring and modeling cost and performance metrics of cloud services
What the job involves
- You will work with engineers, product managers, and project managers to implement new features across Crunchyroll's Content Delivery while improving the scalability of our services through proper planning and load testing
- You will 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
- You consider system security in every design decision and work with operations to evaluate new infrastructure
- While researching and generating ways to serve our customers, you will also plan, analyze, and optimize to help our team growth
- This role will report into Crunchyroll's Engineering Manager, Content Delivery and while it is preferred for this to sit within one of Crunchyroll's offices, we are open to fully remote as well
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
In recent decades, anime - encompassing Japanese, Korean, and Chinese animation 0 has transitioned from a niche interest to a formidable industry, boasting a global market worth approximately $30B. Despite this growth, distribution has historically posed challenges, with series and films often reaching overseas audiences through disparate channels, if at all. Crunchyroll emerged to address this issue by consolidating the largest collection of anime into a single streaming service.
Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll in 2021 for $1.75B expanded the platform's reach, integrating Sony's extensive animation library into its offerings. this move also positioned Crunchyroll for heightened competition against streaming giant Netflix, known for its substantial investments in anime production and acquisition. Currently, Crunchyroll maintains an unrivaled library of anime content, boasting over 44,000 episodes that have attracted over 0M paying subscribers.
While Crunchyroll initially offered a free, ad-supported tier to its vast community, it appears poised to phase out this option, transitioning to a subscription-based model for all new series. Despite this shift, the platform has implemented a global reduction in fees to stimulate subscription uptake. The success of this strategy remains to be seen, but past experiences with companies like Hulu suggest that it may drive subscription growth and mitigate piracy
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
42% female employees
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2010
$0.8m
EARLY VC
Feb 2008
$4.1m
SERIES A
Total funding: $4.9m
Company benefits
- Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually
- Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self
- Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
- Health Saving Account HSA program
- Health care and dependent care FSA
- 401(k) plan, with employer match
- Employer paid commuter benefit
- Support program for new parents
- Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!
Company values
- 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
Company HQ
Lucerne - Higuera, Culver City, CA
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Founders
Kun Gao
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Crunchyroll in 2006 and served as CEO/General Manager/Board Member until 2018. Previously the founder and CTO of Frappr.com as well as a Product Engineer at HOT or NOT.
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