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Software Engineer III, Media Delivery

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Hybrid
San Francisco, CA, USA
169K-205K Annually
Senior level
Hybrid
San Francisco, CA, USA
169K-205K Annually
Senior level
Design and deliver robust, scalable media delivery services and infrastructure. Collaborate with engineers, product and UX to implement video streaming solutions, CDNs, networking, security, observability, and partner integrations. Review designs and code, ensure testing and documentation, and own solutions from design through delivery.
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About Crunchyroll

Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.

Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!

About the role

As a Software Engineer, Media Delivery, you will play an integral part in building the future of Anime streaming at Crunchyroll.

You will...

  • Ensure customers have fast, reliable delivery of the content they love
  • Work with a collaborative team of Software Engineers, Product Managers, and UX Designers on key initiatives
  • Implement clean, well tested solutions to common video streaming concepts
  • Keep teammates accountable for best engineering practices including testing, security, code/architecture reviews, and accurate documentation
  • Review both technical designs and implementation output of your peers
  • Build solutions to both serve our customers and to monitor the impact we deliver

In the role of Software Engineer, Media Delivery, you will report to the Engineering Manager of Media Delivery Engineering.

We are considering applicants at our San Francisco office location.

About You

We get excited about candidates, like you, because...

  • You have 5+ years of experience in software with a track record for building robust, reliable services and infrastructure
  • You are experienced with modern Typescript development and may be familiar with multiple modern programming languages
  • You have deep expertise building with modern cloud technologies in AWS and/or GCP and associated tools such as Terraform and Pulumi
  • You have experience deploying Content Delivery Networks with vendors like Fastly and Akamai
  • You have experience building and managing networking solutions
  • You take ownership of application and infrastructure security
  • You insist on building observability, monitoring, and alerting into every solution you deliver
  • You have experience working with external partners to build or implement a joint solution
  • You take ownership of your outputs from design through to delivery
  • You excel in an Agile environment and have a bias for action
About the Team

The Video Platform teams build the software and systems that power the most critical Crunchyroll user experience - watching video - across all mobile, desktop, and connected devices. We are passionate about providing the best possible playback experience to our fans. We own video from ingestion through playback. We strive to provide a scalable playback platform with robust, fault-tolerant services and extensible and flexible players that provide our customers with a premium playback experience.

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

  • 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!

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The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Crunchyroll’s Total Rewards offerings for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, employer matched retirement savings, time-off programs, and progressive health benefits and perks.
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$169,000$205,000 USD
About our Values

We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value

  • Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.

  • Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.

  • Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.
  • Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

Questions about Crunchyroll’s hiring process? Please check out our Hiring FAQs: https://help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040471712-Crunchyroll-Hiring-FAQs

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Crunchyroll San Francisco, California, USA Office

444 Bush St, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94108

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