Senior Software Engineer, Video Transcoding Job at Crunchyroll, LLC, San Francisco, CA

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  • Crunchyroll, LLC
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

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 Senior Software Engineer, Video Transcoding, you will play an integral part in building the future of Anime streaming at Crunchyroll.

You will…

  • Help build the video ingestion, transcoding and packaging workflows that create the assets that delight Anime fans globally
  • Collaborate with other software engineers and product teams to ensure successful implementation of software solutions to meet our primary goals
  • Analyze and build solutions related to video ingestion, transcoding and packaging
  • Mentor the next generation of software engineers
  • Be a leader for driving best engineering practices including testing, code/architecture reviews, and documentation

In the role of Senior Software Engineer, Video Transcoding, you will report to the Manager of Video Transcoding.

We are considering applicants for the location(s) of San Francisco, Culver City, or Dallas.

About You

  • You have 8+ years of experience crafting software solutions with a track record for developing solutions used globally by millions of users
  • You have knowledge of video transcoding and content packaging workflows
  • You are experienced with programming languages such as TypeScript, Go, Python and PHP
  • You have experience working with and building solutions within Amazon Web Services 
  • You have experience building serverless oriented microservices with Amazon Web Services 
  • You have experience building or maintain deployments via GitHub Actions 
  • You have experience with production monitoring software like New Relic or DataDog
  • You have expertise in crafting new solutions using current video streaming technologies and are familiar with commercial offerings
  • You have experience troubleshooting and resolving production critical issues.

About the Team

The Video Platform teams build the 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 manage video from ingestion through playback. We strive to provide a scalable playback platform with fault-tolerant services 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!

#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid

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.

Pay Transparency - San Francisco, CA

$193,000—$240,000 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.

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