Senior Software Engineer - Data

5 Months ago • 5 Years + • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Crunchyroll seeks a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer for its India Operations to build a real-time data platform. Responsibilities include designing and developing scalable backend microservices (Java), building responsive user interfaces (React), collaborating with cross-functional teams, ensuring cloud deployment (AWS/GCP), implementing event-driven architecture (Kafka, NoSQL), maintaining code quality, and adopting enterprise integration patterns (Apache Camel). The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in software engineering with expertise in Java, React, AWS/GCP, Kafka, and NoSQL databases. This role requires a proactive individual who values impactful results and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
Must have:
  • 5+ years software engineering experience (Java, React)
  • Microservices architecture & API design expertise
  • AWS/GCP cloud platform proficiency
  • Kafka, NoSQL database experience
  • Event-driven architecture implementation
  • EIP frameworks (Apache Camel)
Good to have:
  • Microfrontend architectures
Perks:
  • Competitive compensation & bonus
  • Flexible time off
  • Medical & personal accident insurance

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

We are hiring a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to join our India Operations and play a crucial role in our mission to establish a world-class data engineering team within the Center for Data and Insights (CDI). In this role, you’ll play a key part in building a cutting-edge, real-time data platform, designed to deliver insights at scale and power data-driven decision-making across our organization. Reporting to the Director of Data Engineering, your responsibilities will include collaborating with the data team and working on both backend microservices & frontend interfaces, crafting solutions that ensure data is processed, analyzed, and visualized in real time.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate expertise in Java, React, AWS/GCP, Kafka, and NoSQL databases to create robust and scalable components for our real-time platform. This position requires a proactive, self-driven individual who values outcomes over outputs and can work independently to achieve impactful results. By joining our CDI team, you will be at the forefront of advancing our real-time data engineering capabilities and shaping a platform that empowers teams worldwide with actionable insights. If you thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and are passionate about making data accessible and useful in real time, we would love to hear from you.

Core Areas of Responsibility

  • Design and develop scalable, secure, and efficient backend microservices using Java, with a strong emphasis on API design and microservices architecture.
  • Build responsive and intuitive user interfaces using React, ensuring seamless integration with backend services.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features while maintaining a user-first approach.
  • Ensure smooth deployment and performance in cloud environments, leveraging AWS or GCP.
  • Implement and maintain event-driven architecture using Kafka and NoSQL databases, optimizing data handling and storage.
  • Maintain high standards for code quality, unit testing, and software engineering best practices, ensuring reliability and maintainability.
  • Adopt and advocate for enterprise integration patterns (EIP) using frameworks such as Apache Camel, facilitating smooth communication across services.
  • Champion continuous improvements and innovations to optimize processes, enhance performance, and drive automation.

About You

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

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, with expertise in both backend (Java, Microservices) and frontend (React) development.
  • Proficiency in building and deploying applications on cloud platforms (AWS or GCP).
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and tools such as Kafka, along with a strong understanding of NoSQL databases.
  • Exposure to EIP frameworks like Apache Camel, with a solid understanding of integration patterns.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on achieving meaningful outcomes over mere output.
  • Good to have: Exposure to microfrontend architectures.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

About the Team

Center for Data and Insights (CDI) is a service oriented horizontal organization that is uniquely positioned within the company to be the trusted and unbiased source of timely data-based insights for Crunchyroll. Our vision is to inspire, support and guide our stakeholders to be data-aware and build the systems of intelligence to discover insights and act on them. We have built a highly functional organization that truly believes in being a responsive partner, with the utmost curiosity, unwavering accountability and the courage to lead with actions.

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.
  • Medical and personal accident insurance

#LifeAtCrunchyroll

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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