Senior Software Engineer, Video Transcoding

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.

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!