Staff Partner Engineer, Crunchyroll
Data & Services
$191.8-266k
Salary is applicable to Culver City and San Francisco candidates only, is partially dependent on location and may vary on further locations
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Streaming service for anime and manga
Open for applications
Streaming service for anime and manga
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$191.8-266k
Salary is applicable to Culver City and San Francisco candidates only, is partially dependent on location and may vary on further locations
More information about location
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 extensive experience with AWS cloud platform and their related services (e.g. Route53, S3, Lamda, SNS, ECS)
- You have extensive experience developing and securing internal and external services
- Proficiency in infrastructure as code frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Cloud Formation)
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g. JavaScript/TypeScript/Node, Python)
- Strong understanding of SQL (e.g. Redshift, Snowflake, RDS) and NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB) and Graph databases (e.g., GraphDB, Neptune, Neo4j)
- You have experience with different authentication/authorization systems (OAuth2, Cognito, FusionAuth, Okta)
- You have experience with CDN services (e.g. Cloudfront, Cloudflare)
- You have experience with search optimization, including schema design and query tuning
- You’re able to independently own and execute projects while effectively collaborating with the team to influence and shape the vision of the service engineering organization
- You can work effectively asynchronously with remote teams across multiple time zones
- You bring knowledge of developing and managing developer test tools, as well as expertise in utilizing the latest technologies and tools will be essential
- You possess excellent problem-solving and communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with other engineers, product managers and product designers
What the job involves
- Crunchyroll is growing and changing, presenting unique challenges and opportunities to support millions of anime fans around the world. The Partner Services & Tools team provides seamless help to our external partners and internal stakeholders, ensuring an exceptional experience for all Crunchyroll fans
- We create services and tools that are focused on helping our Partners around the world integrate, test, and deploy the Crunchyroll applications and games quickly and with the highest levels of quality
- We do this with tools and infrastructure that optimize the developer experience
- We tie it all together with sophisticated automated testing and productivity solutions designed to support our culture of experimentation, autonomy and ownership
- Our goal is to focus on delivering the best possible anime fan experience
- We are looking for a creative and highly motivated individual who is excited to take on challenging projects and help drive the future of developer productivity tools
- To be successful in this role, you must have a strong technical background in product development
- Build services & APIs with an eye on maintainability and reliability to help deliver productivity and test solutions
- You will be creating high-quality products, and forming close work partnerships with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders
- You’ll be a part of the team chartered with building company-wide tools for the entire workforce and will partner with your peers to execute and deliver on the broader strategy and vision
- You'll design, develop, and maintain products, infrastructure, and integrations with third-party and other teams’ services
- You will collaborate effectively with myriad teams and communicate technical ideas persuasively
- Design/ architect, develop, test, deploy, and operate fully integrated solutions across build/buy that provide seamless end-to-end product experiences
- Collaborate extremely effectively with product managers, designers, other engineers, stakeholders, and vendors on projects within the team and across all of Crunchyroll
- Identify and build innovative solutions that improve our understanding of the quality of the TV streaming applications and Mobile games
- Tell the quality story of our product through improved observability, alerting, dashboarding, and tools
- Set direction and build consensus to drive long-term positive impact on the engineering ecosystem
- Evangelize and drive adoption of software development best practices in code health, quality and test stability through frameworks and information sharing, not rules and process
- In the role of Staff Partner Engineer, Data & Services, you will report to the Senior Director, Partner Services and Tools
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
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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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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