Principal Software Engineer, Crunchyroll

• You are passionate about technology and the streaming space and have 15+ years industry experience
• You have the experience to sustain our core values of excellence in operations, delivery, and engineering
• You have been a developer, technical leader, and an architect of front end customer facing applications
• You have developed solutions used by millions of users
• You can demonstrate experience working with your product and program peers to help establish technology roadmaps
• You can demonstrate experience leading technology leaders and driving important engineering programs
• You apply judgment and experience to balance trade-offs between competing interests
• You have expertise in multimedia frameworks and protocols, such as MPEG-DASH and HLS
• You have hands-on experience developing in multiple code stacks - mobile, web, backend, db, infrastructure

• As a Principal Software Engineer on our video player team, you will lead the design, development, and optimization of our next-generation video player library
• You will be an advocate for pushing our core values of excellence in operations, engineering, and delivery
• You will establish relationships across Engineering, Program Management, Product, and QA to help establish our technology roadmap to meet our primary goals
• You will join an international team of 100+ client engineers and leaders that have helped establish Crunchyroll as the leader in its space
• In the role of Principal Engineer, you will report to the Software Engineer Director, Video Players
• The Video Player team is a growing team of international engineers and technology leaders passionate about providing a world class streaming experience for our millions of Anime fans across the world
• We provide and maintain solutions on all major device platforms
• Your contributions on this team are front and center to our millions of fans, affecting the daily success of our company

• 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!

Total funding: $4.9m

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.