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!
In the role of Staff Software Engineer, Apple, you will report to the Engineering Manager, iOS. This is a hybrid role (3 days in the office per week) for the location of Los Angeles or San Fransisco.
As a Staff Software Engineer focused on iOS, you will be a senior technical leader within the Apple organization, driving the development of high-quality, scalable, and performant experiences for our iOS users. You’ll lead architectural decisions across the iOS codebase, establish implementation best practices, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver features that delight users and elevate engineering standards. Your work will play a critical role in shaping the fan experience on iOS and influence broader native platform strategies. As one of the most senior engineers on the team, your technical leadership will help guide the future of our Apple platform development.
About YouWe get excited about candidates like you because...
- 12+ years of professional experience in iOS development, with a portfolio of iOS/tvOS applications published on the App Store.
- Proficiency in Swift and Objective-C, with a deep understanding of iOS/tvOS frameworks such as UIKit, Core Data, and Core Animation.
- Familiarity with architecture patterns such as MVVM (Model-View-View-Model) and experience implementing them in iOS/tvOS applications.
- Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks such as XCTest or Quick/Nimble, and a commitment to writing tests for all code changes.
- Record of success with applications, games, and utilities for iOS/tvOS
- Quality first mindset: Demonstrates a strong commitment to code quality, reliability, and maintainability in all aspects of software development.
- Knowledge of Combine framework for reactive programming and experience integrating it into iOS/tvOS applications.
- Experience with RESTful APIs and networking protocols.
- Experience providing technical guidance in previous roles
- Working knowledge with iOS/tvOS, common iOS app architectures and design patterns
- Experience with development for memory- and performance-limited devices in a multithreaded environment
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
The iOS 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.
Crunchyroll Engineering Mindset- Bias for action: Speed matters. Make fast decisions and understand the impact of those decisions.
- Deliver Impact: Do what's needed to deliver to the right quality and timely.
- Be Bold: Dive in head first fearlessly. You seek to understand the problem space and explore solutions.
- Ownership: You act as part of the company, owning your task from top to bottom, you are not satisfied until it's in the hands of our fans.
- Learn & Be Curious: We aim to embrace change with positivity and curiosity. You work to disconfirm your beliefs.
- Fan obsession: We never lose sight of how our work benefits our fans.
- Dive In Head First: Modern engineering requires us to deeply understand all parts of the system.
In 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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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.
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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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