Staff Software Engineer, Crunchyroll
Web Client Platforms
$187-234k
+ performance bonus earning potential, paid annually. Salary range shown for Los Angeles, CA
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Streaming service for anime and manga
Open for applications
Streaming service for anime and manga
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$187-234k
+ performance bonus earning potential, paid annually. Salary range shown for Los Angeles, CA
More information about location
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 12+ years of experience in front-end development, with an understanding of performance constraints in low-memory environments
- You have expertise in React or TypeScript with an emphasis on building scalable, modular, and testable applications
- You have experience writing robust unit and end-to-end tests, ensuring high code quality and confidence in deployments
- You are customer-obsessed mindset with a demonstrated sense of urgency, ownership, and accountability
- You have experience working in Agile software development environments, with strong communication and collaboration skills
- You have demonstrated leadership through mentorship, technical talks, and hands-on guidance for peers and junior engineers
- You have a passion for developing high-quality user experiences and shipping polished, high-performance applications
- The LRX Web Client Platform Team exemplifies Crunchyroll’s collaborative and fan-first culture
- Our team thrives on action, innovation, and a shared commitment to raising the bar. We are curious, data-driven, and passionate about continuously improving the way fans experience anime
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our LRX Client Core Engineering Team, a key pillar of the Scaling Clients and Partnership Engineering (SCPE) organization
- We build and maintain robust, high-performance applications across multiple platforms, including Chromecast, Roku, and Smart TVs—with more to come
- As a Staff Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the technical vision for our client applications, collaborating to deliver exceptional streaming experiences to our global fanbase
- You’ll lead by example, demonstrate engineering excellence, and drive best practices across the team
- Build and optimize Crunchyroll’s client applications across web-based platforms with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, product managers, and project managers to design and deliver new features
- Lead technical design reviews, making informed technology choices and architectural decisions
- Coordinate and manage dependencies across multiple teams to ensure seamless feature rollouts
- Champion a culture of engineering quality through rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration practices
- Partner with leadership to define and evolve a comprehensive testing strategy, including a scalable testing pyramid
- Mentor and support other engineers through knowledge-sharing, workshops, and pair programming
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and agility, embracing ambiguity and rapidly evolving requirements
- In the role of Staff Software Engineer, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, Core Web
- We partner with platform engineers, designers, and product teams to build immersive, performant applications that delight users across a growing range of devices
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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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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