Staff DevOps Engineer, Core Infrastructure Engineering

1 Month ago • 12 Years + • DevOps

About the job

Job Description

As a Staff DevOps Engineer at Crunchyroll, you'll automate and scale systems powering their streaming platform. Collaborating with SRE and delivery teams, you'll lead infrastructure automation, scaling, and CI/CD projects. You'll develop tools supporting services and high-quality software delivery, working across teams to establish best practices and automation. Responsibilities include managing containerized infrastructure (Kubernetes/ECS), utilizing IaC (Terraform), and leveraging GitOps practices (ArgoCD). Proficiency in TypeScript and experience with AWS and various databases are essential. The role requires guiding engineers on production best practices and collaborating on data sovereignty-driven designs.
Must have:
  • 12+ years DevOps & infrastructure management
  • 8+ years in production environments (DevOps & software engineering)
  • 5+ years managing containerized infrastructure (Kubernetes or ECS)
  • Proficiency in automation, creating reusable solutions
  • Expertise in GitOps and CI/CD (ArgoCD)
  • 5+ years experience with AWS and Terraform
  • Proficient in TypeScript
  • Experience with relational and non-relational databases
Good to have:
  • Pulumi
  • Knowledge of streaming video delivery
  • Understanding of key security concepts
Perks:
  • Competitive salary & performance bonus
  • Flexible PTO
  • Generous health insurance
  • HSA program, FSA programs
  • 401k matching
  • Commuter benefits
  • Parental support program
  • Pet insurance

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!

Who We Are

We're a cast of characters working to shine a spotlight on anime. Crunchyroll is an international business focused on creating both online and offline experiences for fans through content (licensed, co-produced, originals, distribution), merchandise, events, gaming, news, and more. Visit our About Us pages for more information about our collection of brands.

About the Team

At Crunchyroll, our Core Infrastructure Engineering team forms the foundation on which our services are built and directly influence our customer experience and the velocity of our engineers. Our team focus is to ensure that our developers are enabled, self-service, that everything about our infrastructure is automated and that our services are highly reliable and scalable.

About the Role:

As a Staff DevOps Engineer within the Core Infrastructure Engineering team, you are essential in automating and scaling the systems and services that power our streaming platform. You will work with our SRE team, delivery teams and lead projects related to infrastructure automation, scaling, CICD, driving them forward to completion and ensuring that the platform processes, automation and best practices are being followed. In collaboration with other engineers, you develop tools and systems that support services and facilitate high-quality software delivery and architecture / infrastructure. You are expected to be highly collaborative working across teams to understand the needs, establish best practices and automate them whenever possible.

You will report to the Senior Manager, Core Infrastructure Engineering and this role may be fully remote in the United States.

About you

  • 12+ years of relevant experience in DevOps and infrastructure management.
  • 8+ years working in production environments, combining DevOps and software engineering.
  • 5+ years of experience managing containerized infrastructure in Kubernetes or ECS.
  • Proficiency in automation, creating reusable patterns and solutions.
  • Expertise in GitOps practices and CI/CD, including tools like ArgoCD and infrastructure automation within CI/CD.
  • 5+ years of experience with AWS cloud technologies, utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform.
  • Proficient in TypeScript in a software engineering environment.
  • Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and non-relational databases (e.g., DynamoDB).
  • Experience guiding software engineers in production best practices, sharing knowledge across teams.
  • Design and deployment experience with data sovereignty-driven designs (e.g., GDPR).
  • Collaboration with other engineers to build tools and systems supporting services and facilitating high-quality software delivery.
  • Willingness to be on-call

Pluses

  • Pulumi
  • Knowledge of streaming video delivery, video encoding workflows, video origin architecture, and issues of scale for video delivery
  • Key security concepts such as cryptography, authentication, authorization, security protocols

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

Not only will you get to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also...

  • Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
  • Enjoy flexible PTO and time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
  • Appreciate the generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance options for you and your family.
  • Take advantage of our health saving account HSA program plus health care and dependent care FSA programs.
  • Love that we offer an employer match on our 401(k) plan.
  • Receive employer paid commuter benefit (for eligible employees)
  • Appreciate the generous support program for new parents
  • Obtain pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!

#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Remote

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.
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$191,000$239,000 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.

  • 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

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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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$191.0K - $239.0K/yr (Outscal est.)
$215.0K/yr avg.
San Francisco, California, United States

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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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