Staff Software Engineer, Partner Engineering
at Crunchyroll, LLC
San Francisco, United States
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
Crunchyroll is growing and changing, presenting unique challenges and opportunities to support millions of anime fans around the world. The Partner Engineering team is part of the larger Ecosystem Engineering organization and provides seamless help to our partners and internal stakeholders, ensuring an exceptional experience for all Crunchyroll fans. Partner Engineering is a globally distributed team with a presence in San Francisco, Mexico City, London, Paris, and Hyderabad.
As a Staff Partner Engineer, you'll lead deployments, optimize implementations, and handle integrations to build successful, long-term partnerships. You will own technical engagements and be the key driver in finding creative/innovative solutions that lead Crunchyroll's experiences to the next level.
You will lead projects that require close collaboration with other teams like Product, Engineering, Business Development, Program Management, and Marketing. You'll help improve existing operations, defining and commercializing new solutions, bridging product gaps, automating partner operations, and taking new initiatives from conception to successful deployment.
This is a full-stack role with a strong front-end focus. You have a broad understanding of security, performance, accessibility, and compliance, from the end-user's device through to our cloud services. You'll be expected to contribute by enhancing HTML applications, adding new partner functionality, debugging, profiling, and analyzing data. You'll need a good awareness of UX as you will innovate, adding new features and owning partner deployments.
You will report to the Senior Manager of Partner Engineering. We are considering applicants for San Francisco, CA. This is a hybrid role with 3 days a week in our office.
About You
We get excited about candidates, like you, because...
- You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- You have 12+ years of experience building and deploying complex systems in collaboration with external partners.
- You have experience with Client/Server architectures and scalable technologies.
- You have experience working with HTML, Javascript and the browser ecosystem.
- You have experience designing, working with and integrating cloud APIs.
- You're able to engage both technical and non-technical partners.
- You have partner facing experience across technical and business domains.
- You have experience device based platforms and ecosystems such as Smart TVs, WebOS, AndroidTV, Android Automotive (a plus).
- You have experience with embedded devices, Consumer Electronics manufacturers, SoC providers, and pay TV Operators (a plus).
About the Team
The Ecosystem Engineering team at Crunchyroll plays a pivotal role in enhancing and expanding our users' experiences. We collaborate extensively with a diverse network of partners to integrate, test, deploy, and improve the Crunchyroll streaming application, content discovery APIs, and billing integration APIs over the entire device lifecycle using Crunchyroll tools and data. Our primary goal is to drive growth, open new acquisition channels, and optimize our services' scope and quality. Situated between technology and business, we are dedicated to enabling experiences that delight anime fans across the globe.
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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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
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Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.
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Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.
- Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.
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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.
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