Software Engineer

Crunchyroll Engineering

Crunchyroll’s Engineering teams thrive on action, impact, ownership, curiosity, and fan obsession. We embrace evolution, concise documentation, excellence, and empowering engineers. As part of our team, you’ll take ownership of tasks, delivering high-quality results on time, exceeding fans’ expectations. We foster collaboration, fearlessly exploring innovative solutions and challenging the status quo. Our commitment to learning and curiosity drives us to embrace change and tackle complex challenges head-on, revolutionizing the anime streaming experience for our community.

In the role of Software Engineer, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager. We are considering applicants for the location of Hyderabad, India.

About the role:

In this role, you will join the Service Monetization team that is newly forming in our Hyderabad office, contributing to the growth of Crunchyroll’s presence in India.  As a Software Engineer at Crunchyroll, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions that power our platform. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality code, mentor junior developers, and contribute to key architectural decisions. Your work will have a direct impact on improving the user experience for millions of anime fans worldwide. Success in this position will be measured by your ability to deliver scalable and maintainable solutions within the first few months, your collaboration with other teams, and your contributions to the team’s overall technical direction.

Core Areas of Responsibility:

• Software Development: Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications using [specific technologies, e.g., Python, Java, Node.js, Golang]. Ensure code quality through peer reviews, unit testing, and continuous integration practices.
• System Architecture: Collaborate with staff engineers and other senior engineers to design scalable, maintainable, and efficient systems. Participate in architectural reviews and propose improvements.
• Technical Leadership: Take ownership of complex technical challenges and lead the development of solutions. Conducting code reviews, providing technical guidance and expertise to the team.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, engineering manager, staff engineer and other stakeholders to ensure that software meets business needs and user expectations.
• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including design documents, API documentation, and user guides etc.
• Performance Optimization: Analyze and optimize the performance of applications, ensuring that they are efficient and scalable.
• Innovation: Stay updated with the latest technologies, trends, and best practices in software development. Suggest and implement new tools, processes, and methodologies to improve the development process.
• Debugging and Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve software defects and performance issues. Provide support for production systems as needed.

About You:

We get excited about candidates, like you, who have…

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience: 5+ years of experience in the field as a software engineer with a significant portion of that experience dedicated to backend development for large-scale systems.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in programming languages like Java, Python, golang, node.js etc.
• Experience in building highly scalable backend services and applications. 
• Knowledge of database systems (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) and data modeling. Experience with databases like MySQL/PostgresDB/MongoDB/DynamoDB
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• You have experience with microservices architecture and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience building cloud native scalable application with AWS/GCP and technologies like API Gateway, Lambda, EC2, S3 Plus on RDS, ECS, EKS

Soft Skills:

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

About the Team

Service Monetization team is responsible for building, maintaining, and securing systems that manage subscriptions and collect payments for Crunchyroll fans. We are directly tied to many streams of revenue and pride ourselves on quality code, service reliability, and teamwork. Our day to day work includes building features for robust subscription management, customer incentives, integration with a variety of payment providers, fraud detection, and maintaining compliance of our systems. Our services enable millions of subscriptions and process millions of payments in a highly secure, distributed, and scalable environment that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of both our fans and our business!