Software Engineer

Crunchyroll is a leading global destination and platform for Japanese anime and Asian content. Through applications including Crunchyroll for iPhone, iPad, Android, Playstation®3, Playstation®4, Xbox LIVE®, AppleTV, Roku, Internet-enabled TVs, set-top boxes, affiliate websites and its own streaming website.

Crunchyroll is already the premier video-on-demand service connecting anime fans with the content they love. Now we’re bringing content to other passionate fanbases with our new Ellation Technology Platform. We are looking for more world-class engineers to help us build services that scale to serve millions of users across the globe and offer rock-solid reliability to our content partners. Our ideal candidate is a full-stack engineer with strong technical design principles- not a hacker. They understand the requirements and think before they code, adhere to principles of abstraction and best practices in API design, and are as cognizant of the limitations in what they build as they are of its capabilities. They are familiar with many technologies and pick the right tool for the job at hand.

* Work with engineers, product managers and project managers to implement new features * Improve the scalability of our services through proper planning and load testing * Improve the availability of our services through better monitoring, performance reporting and error reporting * Improve the server response times of our APIs by profiling, identifying and eliminating bottlenecks * Consider system security in every design decision * Work with operations to evaluate new infrastructure

* BS in Computer Science * 3+ years working on API’s and/or web technologies * Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and networking * Familiarity with internet video and adtech is a plus * Familiarity with MVC frameworks is a plus * Familiarity with code design principles, patterns, and best practices is a plus * Understanding of SQL and NoSQL data stores and their applications is a plus * Active participation in one or more open source projects is a strong plus * Familiarity with Go is a strong plus * Familiarity with React/Redux is a strong plus * Familiarity with AWS technologies is a strong plus