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
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our LRX Client Core Engineering Team, a key pillar of the Scaling Clients and Partnership Engineering (SCPE) organization. We build and maintain robust, high-performance applications across multiple platforms, including Chromecast, Roku, and Smart TVs—with more to come.
As a Staff Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the technical vision for our client applications, collaborating to deliver exceptional streaming experiences to our global fanbase. You’ll lead by example, demonstrate engineering excellence, and drive best practices across the team.
You will:
- Build and optimize Crunchyroll’s client applications across web-based platforms with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, product managers, and project managers to design and deliver new features.
- Lead technical design reviews, making informed technology choices and architectural decisions.
- Coordinate and manage dependencies across multiple teams to ensure seamless feature rollouts.
- Champion a culture of engineering quality through rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration practices.
- Partner with leadership to define and evolve a comprehensive testing strategy, including a scalable testing pyramid.
- Mentor and support other engineers through knowledge-sharing, workshops, and pair programming.
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and agility, embracing ambiguity and rapidly evolving requirements.
In the role of Staff Software Engineer, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, Core Web. We are considering applicants for the location of San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Dallas This is a hybrid position with three days a week in office.
About You
We get excited about candidates, like you, because...
- You have 12+ years of experience in front-end development, with an understanding of performance constraints in low-memory environments.
- You have expertise in React or TypeScript with an emphasis on building scalable, modular, and testable applications.
- You have experience writing robust unit and end-to-end tests, ensuring high code quality and confidence in deployments.
- You are customer-obsessed mindset with a demonstrated sense of urgency, ownership, and accountability.
- You have experience working in Agile software development environments, with strong communication and collaboration skills.
- You have demonstrated leadership through mentorship, technical talks, and hands-on guidance for peers and junior engineers.
- You have a passion for developing high-quality user experiences and shipping polished, high-performance applications.
About the Team
The LRX Web Client Platform Team exemplifies Crunchyroll’s collaborative and fan-first culture. We partner with platform engineers, designers, and product teams to build immersive, performant applications that delight users across a growing range of devices. Our team thrives on action, innovation, and a shared commitment to raising the bar. We are curious, data-driven, and passionate about continuously improving the way fans experience anime.
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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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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Crunchyroll is the world’s largest destination for anime and manga focused on creating 360° experiences — from video to merchandise, events, and gaming — for fans to connect through the content they love.
Why Work With Us
The quality of our company is a direct result of the quality of our people, so we take the process and art of hiring very seriously. Every position we recruit against is an opportunity for us to enhance and directly impact our culture and climate, and it is a reflection of the values we uphold.
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