Engineering Manager - Mobile Video Players

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • Backend Development • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

As Engineering Manager for Mobile Video Players, you'll lead client-side development of the video playback experience for Crunchyroll's mobile streaming application. Responsibilities include leading a team of engineers, overseeing design and development of a next-generation video player library, ensuring best practices in software development, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, and communicating project status to senior management. You'll drive continuous improvement in video player performance and reliability, and participate in the hiring process. The role requires 5+ years of industry experience and 2+ years of leadership experience in front-end development, with a proven ability to lead engineering teams and deliver high-quality products used by millions of users.
Must have:
  • 5+ years industry experience, 2+ years leadership
  • Experience with mobile, web, backend development
  • Lead and mentor engineering teams
  • Oversee video player development and optimization
  • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders

Job Details

About Crunchyroll

WE HELP EVERYONE BELONG. IT’S OUR PURPOSE.

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

In the role of Engineering Manager, you will report to the Director of Video Players.

As the Engineering Manager for the Mobile Video Players team, you will lead the client-side development of the video playback experience for our streaming application across our mobile client platforms. In addition to leading the development of the mobile playback experience, you will oversee the design, development, and optimization of our next-generation video player library. You will lead and grow a team of skilled engineers while advocating for our core values of operational excellence, engineering quality, and effective delivery. You will establish relationships across Engineering, Program Management, and Product to drive projects and to help deliver our technology roadmap. You will join an international team of 100+ client engineers and leaders that have helped establish Crunchyroll as the leader in its space.

Core Areas of Responsibility

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers specializing in video player development. 
  • Foster a culture within the team that aligns with our core values.
  • Conduct regular one-on-one meetings with a focus on performance and career development. 
  • Oversee the design, implementation, and delivery of projects that address complex challenges in the video player domain. 
  • Ensure best practices in software development, including coding standards, peer code reviews, and documentation
  • Drive continuous improvement in video player performance and reliability.
  • Work closely with product managers, designers, and other cross-functional  stakeholders to define requirements and set priorities.
  • Communicate project status, challenges, and outcomes to senior management and other teams.
  • Establish a culture with regard to our core tenets of excellence in operations, engineering, and delivery.
  • Participate in the hiring and interviewing process and act as a spokesperson for the Crunchyroll engineering team.
  • Keep up to date on industry trends by researching and benchmarking new technologies against other solutions in the market.

About You

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

  • You are passionate about technology and the streaming space and have 5+ years industry experience and 2+ years of leadership experience.
  • You have the experience to sustain our core values of excellence in operations, delivery, and engineering.
  • You have been a developer, technical leader, and an architect of front end customer facing applications.
  • You have developed solutions used by millions of users.
  • You can demonstrate experience working with your product and program peers to help establish technology roadmaps.
  • You can demonstrate experience leading technology leaders and driving important engineering programs.
  • You have hands-on experience developing in multiple code stacks - mobile, web, backend, db, infrastructure.

About the Team

The "Video Player" team is a growing team of international engineers and technology leaders passionate about providing a world class streaming experience for our millions of Anime fans across the world. We provide and maintain solutions on all major device platforms. Your contributions on this team are front and center to our millions of fans, affecting the daily success of our company.

#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid 

 

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.

  • Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

  • Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

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

Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights: https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/22978/v1_0/docs/spe-jobs-privacy-policy-update-for-crpa-dec-21-22.pdf

Please beware of recent scams to online job seekers. Those applying to our job openings will only be contacted directly from @crunchyroll.com email account.

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About The Company

Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with the content and experiences they love. In addition to free ad-supported and subscription premium content, Crunchyroll serves the anime community across events, theatrical, games, consumer products, collectibles and manga publishing.


Anime fans have access to one of the largest collections of licensed anime through Crunchyroll and translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast.

The Crunchyroll app is available on over 15 platforms, including all gaming consoles.

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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