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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.\nJoin our team, and help us shape the future of anime!\nAbout the role\nAs a Software Engineer III on the Media Delivery team, you will design, build, and operate highly reliable systems that stream video content to millions of Crunchyroll customers around the world.\nPositioned at the intersection of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, networking, and delivery, you will build fault-tolerant media replication and delivery across multi-cloud origins and global CDNs.\nYou will drive maximizing availability, resilience, performance, security, and efficiency through automation and deep observability.\nWhat You'll Do\nArchitect and operate scalable content replication systems and multi-origin storage to ensure playback resilience.\nBuild multi-CDN delivery infrastructure to intelligently route global traffic based on 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delivery bottlenecks.\nParticipate in design reviews and code reviews to maintain high engineering standards for scale and maintainability.\nWhat Success Looks Like\nIn this role, you will own and drive:\nHigh playback uptime and minimal user impact during infrastructure or vendor failures.\nRobust multi-origin and multi-CDN automated failover capabilities.\nRapid incident detection and resolution via Datadog observability and actionable alerts.\nA secure platform with minimized vulnerability risks across core services.\nReduced operational toil through IaC automation and self-healing systems.\nCost-effective infrastructure efficiency that maintains top-tier streaming quality.\nStrong operational readiness, comprehensive runbooks, and clear ownership.\nAbout You\nWe encourage you to apply if you meet the following requirements:\n5+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.\nProficiency in TypeScript (or another modern language) for application services and infrastructure automation.\nProduction experience with AWS cloud infrastructure (GCP experience is a plus).\nHands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and best practices.\nExperience operating high-volume CDN architectures (e.g., Fastly, Akamai, Google Media CDN, Cloudflare).\nSolid understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, HTTP, TLS, caching, load balancing, routing).\nBackground in designing high-throughput, low-latency delivery architectures across regions and external networks.\nExperience with Datadog (or similar tools) configuring metrics, logs, traces, SLOs, and alerts.\nKnowledge of cloud and application security principles integrated throughout design and operations.\nProven track record of diagnosing and fixing complex production incidents across software and vendors.\nStrong ownership mindset with willingness to participate in on-call rotations and incident response.\nClear technical communication and effective collaboration skills across cross-functional engineering teams.\nAbout the Team\nThe Media Delivery team sits within Video Platform Engineering, driving the infrastructure that powers Crunchyroll's global streaming experience.\nWe build and maintain global CDN networks, cloud origins, replication pipelines, and delivery services designed for high availability, security, and low latency.\nWe partner closely with Content Pipeline, Content Protection, Playback, Security, and cloud partners to deliver high-quality media seamlessly to all device platforms.\nWhy you will love working at Crunchyroll\nIn addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:\nReceive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.\nFlexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.\nGenerous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance\nHealth Saving Account HSA program\nHealth care and dependent care FSA\n401(k) plan, with employer match\nEmployer paid commuter benefit\nSupport program for new parents\nPet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!\n#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid\nThe Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Crunchyroll’s Total Rewards offerings for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, employer matched retirement savings, time-off programs, and progressive health benefits and perks.\nPay Transparency - San Francisco, CA\n$169,000—$211,300 USD\nAbout our Values\nWe 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\nCourage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.\n\nCuriosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.\n\nKaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.\nService. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.\n\nOur commitment to diversity and inclusion\nOur mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.\nWe 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.\nCrunchyroll, 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.\nQuestions about Crunchyroll’s hiring process? Please check out our Hiring FAQs: https://help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040471712-Crunchyroll-Hiring-FAQs\nPlease refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights: https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/22978/v1_0/docs/spe-jobs-privacy-policy-update-for-crpa-dec-21-22.pdf\nPlease beware of recent scams to online job seekers. 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