Engineering Manager, tvOS

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

We are looking for an experienced engineering manager to lead our tvOS development team. You will help drive the technical vision, roadmap, and delivery of our tvOS applications. You will also lead an experienced group of engineers and work with product managers, designers, and other team members to create seamless user experiences.

As the Engineering Manager, tvOS, you will mentor, inspire, and grow the team while ensuring that we deliver high-quality, performant, and scalable applications that meet our users' needs and team goals. You will have ownership over the development process, team performance, and be an important contributor to strategic decisions.

You will:

• Run the daily operations of the engineering team and help manage scrum ceremonies such as grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Lead a team of engineers to ensure the use of best practices, architectural standards, and scalability encouraging a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Work with product and leadership to define and execute the development roadmap for aligning with our goals and customer needs.
• Work with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to understand requirements, gather feedback, and communicate project progress and status updates.
• Manage project timelines, resource allocation, and budgeting to ensure successful delivery of projects.
• Monitor team performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing strategies to improve efficiency.
• Conduct regular one-to-one meetings with team members to provide feedback, support their career development, and regular team performance management.
• Lead operational excellence by managing system outages, conducting thorough root cause analyses, and driving continuous operational performance improvement.
• Participate in hiring and onboarding processes to attract top talent and build a skilled engineering team.

In the role of Engineering Manager, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, iOS and tvOS. We are considering applicants for the location of San Francisco, CA, Culver City, CA, or Dallas, TX. This is a hybrid role which requires the person to be in one of our office locations.

About You

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

• You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• You have 9 years of experience in building native applications.
• You have proven experience in managing and leading engineering teams, with at least 5 years of direct people management experience.
• You have extensive knowledge of architecture and design patterns for building reliable, secure applications.
• You are proficient in programming languages such as swift, and experience with modern frameworks and technologies.
• You have excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• You have strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to foresee long-term product goals and define a roadmap.

About the Team

The Apple platform team builds and maintains our Crunchyroll apps for iOS and Apple TV to provide the best-in-class anime experience for our global audience. Our goal is to produce a robust application that delivers content to delight and engage our audiences, partners, and team members. We embody Crunchyroll's collaborative spirit and work with multiple teams to engineer scalable solutions that can be shared across all client platforms.

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:

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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