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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.
About the roleAs a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader within the Native Client & Frameworks Engineering organization. You'll drive architectural decisions, guide implementation best practices, and partner with client teams to ensure scalable and performant APIs tailored for our native applications. Your work will directly impact the fan experience across platforms like iOS, Android, Web, Roku, and more. As one of the senior-most engineers, your leadership will influence the direction of engineering systems that power our native clients.
You will...
- Lead design and development of scalable, maintainable backend services supporting native clients
- Serve as a key partner to client engineers, aligning backend support to evolving needs
- Champion high standards in API design, monitoring, testing, and deployment practices
- Mentor engineers on the team and contribute to technical decision-making across org boundaries
- Collaborate with product and design team members to shape features with backend considerations in mind
In the role of Staff Software Engineer, Backend, you will report to the Director of Engineering, Native Client & Framework. This is a hybrid role (3 days in the office per week) for the location of Mexico City.
About YouWe get excited about candidates, like you, because...
- You have 12+ years of professional experience in backend software engineering, with experience leading complex projects end-to-end
- You have experience designing and building APIs that support server-driven UI (SDUI) architectures, enabling flexible and dynamic client rendering
- You can design APIs that allow clients to fetch only the data they need, aggregating and shaping data from multiple services into unified, optimized responses
- You have deep expertise in backend technologies such as TypeScript, Node.js, Serverless, and have designed systems using modern API design principles
- You embody a systems-thinking mindset and can influence architecture across multiple teams
- You have experience building backend systems tailored to the needs of native client teams, with an emphasis on latency, caching, and resiliency
- You have experience with event-driven architecture, serverless functions, and cloud-native development using services like AWS Lambda, SNS, SQS, DynamoDB, and messaging systems
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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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