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Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!
Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (SSDET) is responsible for building and scaling test frameworks and automation systems that ensure the reliability, accuracy, and performance of complex business critical workflows. This role focuses on validating end-to-end systems that process large volumes of data across multi-step pipelines, ensuring outputs are correct, consistent, and auditable. You will define testing strategies, automation patterns, and quality standards that enable systems to operate reliably at scale.
Core Areas of Responsibility- Define the overall testing strategy for complex, multi-step workflows across distributed systems.
- Design and build scalable automation frameworks for validating end-to-end system behavior and data integrity.
- Establish patterns for validating data transformations, system integrations, and workflow correctness at scale.
- Define approaches for testing failure modes, retries, and resiliency across distributed workflows.
- Lead the implementation of data validation, lineage verification, and traceability mechanisms.
- Define quality standards and integrate automated validation into CI/CD pipelines.
- Drive improvements in test coverage, system reliability, and defect detection across teams.
- Influence engineering design to ensure systems are testable, observable, and resilient by design.
We get excited about candidates, like you, because...
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, SDET, or quality engineering roles.
- Strong programming experience in Python with experience building test frameworks or automation systems.
- Experience designing testing strategies for distributed systems or complex workflows.
- Experience validating data pipelines, system integrations, and multi-step processes.
- Experience with CI/CD systems and integrating automated validation into pipelines.
- Understanding of system reliability, fault tolerance, and performance testing.
- Experience working with cloud platforms and containerized systems.
- Strong system design and problem solving skills.
- Familiarity with auditability, traceability, and validation requirements in production systems.
- Experience testing systems with strict data accuracy requirements.
- Experience influencing architecture and engineering practices across teams.
- Experience building reusable testing platforms or frameworks used across multiple teams.
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Skills Required
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, SDET, or quality engineering roles
- Strong programming experience in Python and building test frameworks or automation systems
- Experience designing testing strategies for distributed systems or complex workflows
- Experience validating data pipelines, system integrations, and multi-step processes
- Experience with CI/CD systems and integrating automated validation into pipelines
- Understanding of system reliability, fault tolerance, and performance testing
- Experience working with cloud platforms and containerized systems
- Strong system design and problem solving skills
- Familiarity with auditability, traceability, and validation requirements in production systems
- Experience testing systems with strict data accuracy requirements
- Experience influencing architecture and engineering practices across teams
- Experience building reusable testing platforms or frameworks used across multiple teams
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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.
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