Senior Engineering Manager, Crunchyroll
Content Discovery and Payments
$235-294k
Plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually
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
$235-294k
Plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually
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 a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- You have 12+ years of engineering in building cloud-native applications, with a strong focus on backend development and microservices architecture
- You have 5+ years of experience in managing and leading engineering teams
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Typescript, Go, Java, Python, and experience with modern frameworks and technologies
- You have experience launching large-scale consumer-facing applications in at least one of the following areas:
- Search, Recommendations, or Data-driven personalization
- Payments or billing systems
- You have a strong understanding of the AWS cloud platforms and experience in building scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-native applications
- You have strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to foresee long-term product goals and define an engineering roadmap
- You love partnering with Product, Data, and Business teams
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our backend engineering teams, which are responsible for enabling third-party payments and experiences such as search, discovery, and personalized recommendations
- You will build and lead a global engineering team that develops the anime fan experiences for a broad set of device and payment partners. You will partner with the product, design, and other teams, such as video engineering, data analytics, platform engineering, and service monetization, to create scalable, flexible solutions
- As Senior Engineering Manager, you will report to the Senior Director of Engineering in the Fan Experiences Engineering group
- Lead and mentor a team of software engineers to ensure the adoption of best practices, architectural standards, and scalability, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment
- Run the day-to-day operations of the engineering team, including managing scrum ceremonies such as grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
- Work with product and leadership to define and execute the development roadmap for aligning with business objectives and customer needs
- Work closely with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to understand requirements, gather feedback, and communicate project progress and status updates to deliver high-quality solutions
- Manage project timelines, resource allocation, and budgeting to ensure the timely and successful delivery of projects
- Conduct regular one-to-one meetings with team members to provide feedback, support their career development, and address any challenges or concerns
- Monitor team performance and productivity, identifying areas for improvement and implementing strategies to optimize efficiency
- Actively participate in hiring and onboarding processes to attract top talent and build a skilled engineering team
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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