Software Engineer III

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 seeking a Software Engineer who enjoys working at the intersection of front end engineering, product quality, and large scale platform development. This role sits within our Fan Experience Engineering organization and focuses on building the systems and tools that help us deliver a fast, stable, and consistent experience across a wide range of devices.

You will write production ready code, contribute to shared architecture, and build automated systems that help teams ship with confidence. The work focuses on applying front end engineering skills to build the test systems, tooling, and infrastructure that keep our user experiences reliable and high-performing for millions of fans.

If you enjoy solving complex technical problems and improving both product and platform reliability, you will find this role rewarding.

What you will be doing:

• Tackle a uniquely complex device ecosystem. Crunchyroll reaches fans on a large range of TVs, consoles, and partner platforms—each with its own architecture and challenges. You’ll design automation that delivers a consistently exceptional experience across this diverse landscape.

• Engineer for scale and reliability. Build robust, intelligent automated test systems and tools that power fast, reliable releases for millions of users around the world.

• Collaborate across disciplines. Partner with engineers, product teams, and external partners to integrate, validate, and optimize the Crunchyroll experience on every device.

• Shape the future of quality. Influence technical direction and champion a culture of excellence in code health, test strategy, and automation—leading by example, not by process.

• Empower the community. Share insights, tools, and frameworks that elevate the entire engineering ecosystem and help fans everywhere enjoy anime the way it’s meant to be experienced.

Qualifications

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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, and/or 5+ years of practical experience

• Strong professional experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and modern front end technologies.

• Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, responsive design, and browser performance characteristics.

• Experience working across different device platforms, such as smart TVs and game consoles, is a strong plus.

Curiosity, creativity, and a continuous improvement mindset.

• Hands-on experience developing automation for consumer electronics or connected devices across varied hardware and operating systems.

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with other engineers, product managers and program managers.

• Empathy for both internal teams and external partners.

About the Team

The Fan Experience Engineering team focuses on building the products and infrastructure that support the Crunchyroll experience across web, mobile, and living room devices. We partner with platform engineering, content operations, payments, distribution teams, and external partners to improve quality, enable new experiences, and expand our reach. The work directly affects how fans discover, watch, and enjoy anime every day.

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

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Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.

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Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.

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

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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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