Sr. Technical Producer, Mobile Games
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About the Team
We are a highly-motivated, cross-functional team spanning several internal departments — from Business to Marketing to Audience Development to Design. The team works closely with external content providers and licensors to develop and promote mobile games for the Crunchyroll community.
Collectively, we are committed to publishing quality content, and desire to evolve the way anime games are marketed and perceived in Western markets.
Crunchyroll COVID-19 Hiring Status
Crunchyroll employees are currently working from home, and we are still conducting remote interviews and hiring during this time. This role is expected to start remotely, and we’ll work closely with you as we understand every person has unique circumstances.
Location: San Francisco
Our headquarters is located in downtown San Francisco, where our group of cross-functional experts assemble to create experiences for our passionate communities.
About the Role
As our library of co-published and original mobile game titles continues to expand, Crunchyroll Games is seeking a Sr. Technical Producer who will spearhead long-term initiatives and lead all aspects of technical integrations across various publishing functions for the Games division. This role is embedded within the games department, functioning as a liaison at the intersection of developer relations and internal operations. The person in this role will work closely across our Product Management, Engineering, and Data Science teams.
As a key technical member of the Crunchyroll Games, you will have a great deal of agency over day-to-day decision-making of 1st party and developer relations processes. You will be expected to build, coordinate, and maintain documentation as well as uphold the technical standards required by publishing. Prior experience working in a technical capacity as part of a mobile game development team(s) and/or a combination of mobile game engineering knowledge and hands-on production experience may be beneficial.
A day in the life of our Technical Producer:
- Set up new applications, configure developer services, and manage provisioning profiles/certificates/keystore files for our external development partners.
- Lead all production releases across games (pending developer + publishing partner signoffs).
- Govern technical integrations that have dependencies across broader Crunchyroll operations.
- Interface regularly with cross-department leads to scope out and tactically execute against technical integration roadmaps.
- Evangelize and spearhead long-term technical initiatives across the organization that help scale game publishing operations.
About You:
- 5+ years of professional experience in full-stack mobile application development.
- Proficiency in Unity, Xcode, and most common architectures (MVC/MVVM/VIPER/VIP).
- Experience with 3rd party SDK integrations.
- Experience with database design and knowledge of basic data structures.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Passion for anime/manga, entertainment, and/or mobile gaming is a plus.
- Japanese language proficiency is a plus.
Benefits: San Francisco Office
- Competitive salary
- “Use What You Need” time away from work policy
- Medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
- Health care and dependent care FSA
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Employer paid commuter benefit
- On-site gym, showers, yoga, and wellness classes
- Support program for new parents
- Catered lunch 4 days per week
- Fun, passionate and skilled co-workers
- Pet friendly - pet insurance and dog friendly office
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