Staff Software Engineer, Partner Engineering (Frontend)

About Crunchyroll

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!

About the role

As a Partner Engineer, you'll lead deployments, optimize implementations, and handle integrations to build successful, long-term partnerships. You will own technical engagements and be the key driver in finding creative and solutions that lead Crunchyroll's experiences to the next level.

You will lead projects that require close collaboration with other teams like Product, Engineering, Business Development, Program Management, and Marketing. You'll help improve existing operations, defining and commercialising new solutions, bridging product gaps, automating partner operations, and taking new initiatives from conception to successful deployment.

This is a full-stack role with a front-end focus. You have a broad understanding of security, performance, accessibility, and compliance, from the end-user's device through to our cloud services. You'll contribute by enhancing HTML applications, adding new partner functionality, debugging, profiling, and analysing data. You'll need a good awareness of UX as you will innovate, add new features, and oversee partner deployments.

As the Staff Partner Engineer, you will report to the Senior Manager of Partner Engineering. This is not a remote role, and we are considering applicants only in the Hyderabad metropolitan area.

About You

We get excited about candidates, like you, because...

• You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• You have 12+ years of experience building complex systems in collaboration with partners.
• You have experience working with HTML, JavaScript and the browser ecosystem.
• You have experience with Client / Server and scalable technologies.
• You have an ability to speak to both business and technical team members.
• You have experience designing, working with and integrating cloud APIs.
• You have platform experience with AndroidTV, AppleTV, ChromeOS, or WebOS (a plus).
• You have experience working with embedded devices, Consumer Electronics manufacturers, SoC providers, and pay TV Operators (a plus).

About the Team

The Ecosystem Engineering team at Crunchyroll plays a pivotal role in enhancing and expanding our users' experiences. We collaborate extensively with a diverse network of partners to integrate, test, deploy, and improve the Crunchyroll streaming application, content discovery APIs, and billing integration APIs over the entire device lifecycle using Crunchyroll tools and data. Our primary objective is to drive growth, open new acquisition channels, and optimize our services' scope and quality. Situated at the crossroads of technology and business, we are dedicated to continually enabling experiences that delight anime fans across the globe.

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks :

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About our Values

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Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.

Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.

Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.

We 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.

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