DevOps Engineer, Crunchyroll
$164-205k
+ Performance bonus
3 days a week in office
Streaming service for anime and manga
Be an early applicant
Streaming service for anime and manga
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$164-205k
+ Performance bonus
3 days a week in office
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
- You have an in-depth understanding of Software and DevOps methodologies, automation, and infrastructure as code
- You have experience in designing, building, and scaling high availability systems and developer platforms
- You excel in a collaborative environment and can work well with your teammates, providing a good example to other engineers to achieve high quality and standards in everything they do
- At least a Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
- 5+ years of experience working in production-level environments as a DevOps Engineer
- Experienced in automation and making reusable patterns and solutions
- Experienced in GitOps practices and CI/CD
- You have a passion for supporting and empowering software development teams
- Experienced with AWS, coupled with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform & CDK
- Proficient in at least one programming language (TypeScript preferred)
- Familiarity with relational databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL and non-relational databases such as DynamoDB
- Experience working with and guiding Software Engineers in production best practices, sharing knowledge across teams and teammates
- Able to accommodate periodic off hour meetings with international team members
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders
- Participate in an on-call and developer support rotations
Desirable
- Knowledge of Pulumi, Amazon ECS and Backstage are big pluses
- Experience with CDN and caching technologies such as AWS CloudFront
- Security, compliance and audit related experience
What the job involves
- As a DevOps Engineer within the Infrastructure Engineering team, you are essential in automating and scaling the systems and services that power our streaming platform
- You will partner with other infrastructure engineers and our development teams to work on projects related to infrastructure automation, scaling, and CICD
- You will play an important role in driving them forward to completion and ensuring that the platform processes, automation and best practices are being followed
- In collaboration with other engineers, you develop tools and systems that support services and facilitate high-quality software delivery
- As a DevOps engineer, you will report to the DevOps Manager
Our take
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
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Insights
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 HQ
Lucerne - Higuera, Culver City, CA
Leadership
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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