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!
As a Software Engineer, Media Delivery, you will play an integral part in building the future of Anime streaming at Crunchyroll.
You will...
- Ensure customers have fast, reliable delivery of the content they love
- Work with a collaborative team of Software Engineers, Product Managers, and UX Designers on key initiatives
- Implement clean, well tested solutions to common video streaming concepts
- Keep teammates accountable for best engineering practices including testing, security, code/architecture reviews, and accurate documentation
- Review both technical designs and implementation output of your peers
- Build solutions to both serve our customers and to monitor the impact we deliver
In the role of Software Engineer, Media Delivery, you will report to the Engineering Manager of Media Delivery Engineering.
We are considering applicants at our San Francisco office location.
About YouWe get excited about candidates, like you, because...
- You have 5+ years of experience in software with a track record for building robust, reliable services and infrastructure
- You are experienced with modern Typescript development and may be familiar with multiple modern programming languages
- You have deep expertise building with modern cloud technologies in AWS and/or GCP and associated tools such as Terraform and Pulumi
- You have experience deploying Content Delivery Networks with vendors like Fastly and Akamai
- You have experience building and managing networking solutions
- You take ownership of application and infrastructure security
- You insist on building observability, monitoring, and alerting into every solution you deliver
- You have experience working with external partners to build or implement a joint solution
- You take ownership of your outputs from design through to delivery
- You excel in an Agile environment and have a bias for action
The Video Platform teams build the software and 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 own video from ingestion through playback. We strive to provide a scalable playback platform with robust, fault-tolerant services and extensible and flexible players that provide our customers with a premium playback experience.
Why you will love working at CrunchyrollIn 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!
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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 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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Skills Required
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Experience with modern TypeScript development
- Familiarity with multiple modern programming languages
- Deep expertise with cloud technologies in AWS and/or GCP
- Experience with Terraform or Pulumi (infrastructure as code)
- Experience deploying CDNs (e.g., Fastly, Akamai)
- Experience building and managing networking solutions
- Experience taking ownership of application and infrastructure security
- Experience building observability, monitoring, and alerting into solutions
- Experience working with external partners to build or implement joint solutions
- Experience working in an Agile environment
What the Team is Saying
Crunchyroll Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Job postings and employer profiles consistently describe comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside life, STD/LTD, mental-health resources, and HSA/FSA options. Some descriptions also note low premiums for robust plans, reinforcing a strong health offering.
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Retirement Support — U.S. roles repeatedly cite a 401(k) with company match, with the same offering appearing across North America postings. This consistency signals an established retirement program.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Benefit overviews highlight flexible or “Use What You Need” PTO, paid holidays, wellness days, and paid volunteer time. Parental and family medical leave are also consistently mentioned.
Crunchyroll Insights
What We Do
At Crunchyroll, we deliver what anime fans love—anytime, anywhere. With the world’s largest anime streaming library, we connect fans to the stories, characters, and creators they love. But Crunchyroll is more than just a destination to watch anime—it's a global ecosystem where anime lives and breathes beyond the screen. From streaming and theatrical releases to merch, games, news, events, and music, we offer fans immersive experiences that celebrate anime culture in all its forms. Headquartered in the U.S. with teams and reach across the globe, Crunchyroll is an independently operated joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Aniplex of Japan. This unique partnership gives us the power to scale globally while staying rooted in anime’s cultural origins, ensuring authenticity and access for fans everywhere. We believe anime is more than entertainment—it’s a way of life. And we’re here to champion that passion every day.
Why Work With Us
We take the People Experience seriously here at Crunchyroll. Join a diverse team of talented, ambitious people who treat each other well and believe that how we win is just as important as winning.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Three in-person days per week. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays are the company-wide days for ALL team members to be in the office, and individuals may choose to come in more if they please.
