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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:\nEnterprise Technology builds and operates software that supports critical business capabilities across the organization. As a Software Engineer III, you will independently own complex engineering projects, significant features, services, integrations, and technical workstreams from design through production.\nYou will take on problems where the path is not always obvious, help clarify requirements, make project-level technical decisions, and use business and customer context to guide your approach. You will use AI coding agents to move faster on complex work and help other engineers use them effectively and responsibly.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nOwn significant features, services, integrations, or project workstreams from problem definition and design through production support.\nSolve complex and ambiguous engineering problems and design maintainable APIs, data models, workflows, components, and user experiences.\nHelp define project scope, technical approach, success criteria, and delivery milestones.\nMake project-level technical decisions and recommend improvements within established architecture.\nStrengthen quality through design reviews, code reviews, automated testing, observability, documentation, and secure engineering practices.\nUse AI coding agents and other AI-assisted tools to improve delivery and quality, while applying strong judgment about when human review or deeper validation is needed.\nDiagnose complex production issues, identify root causes, and improve reliability, performance, scalability, and operational efficiency.\nGuide other engineers through technical problem solving, review, knowledge sharing, and project collaboration.\nWhat We’re Looking For:\n5+ years of progressive software engineering experience.\nExperience independently owning complex features, services, integrations, or technical project workstreams.\nStrong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript and solid software engineering fundamentals.\nStrong experience with cloud environments, preferably GCP, including CI/CD, monitoring, debugging, security, performance, and reliability.\nExperience making technical design decisions and recognizing when broader architectural implications require escalation.\nExperience building production systems with strong automated testing, observability, maintainability, and security.\nHands-on experience using AI-assisted software development tools and understanding their strengths, limitations, and appropriate use.\nClear communication and the ability to explain trade-offs, navigate ambiguity, and influence project-level decisions.\nNice to Have:\nExperience with modernization, refactoring, migrations, or technical debt reduction.\nExperience owning complex enterprise applications, workflow platforms, integrations, or data-intensive systems.\nExperience building reusable components, developer tooling, observability tooling, or internal platforms.\nExperience with SOX controls, compliance-sensitive systems, or audit-heavy environments.\nDomain experience in media, streaming, or content supply chains.\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 ((select from the following job modalities for this role: #LI-Hybrid #LI-remote #LI-onsite))\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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