Staff Software Engineer

Crunchyroll, a leading anime streaming platform serving over 100 million fans worldwide, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Enterprise Technology team in Hyderabad. This role is crucial in developing and maintaining the Digital Content Supply Chain (DSC) and workflow automation systems that power their modern media supply chain platform.

The position requires a seasoned professional with 12+ years of software development experience, particularly in building scalable, serverless solutions and working with technologies like Python, MongoDB, and cloud platforms. You'll be responsible for creating and enhancing video asset workflow management systems, developing efficient services for media asset automation, and ensuring optimal content delivery to fans worldwide.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll work at the intersection of content delivery and technology, building systems that handle video ingestion, encoding, transcoding, and playback with quality control. The role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in cloud computing, containerization, and distributed systems while serving a passionate global anime community.

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience with high-level APIs, abstraction layers, and cloud native infrastructure. Knowledge of GCP, Kubernetes, and Docker is highly valued, as is familiarity with Digital Supply Chain and Media Assets Management. You'll be joining a company with strong values centered around courage, curiosity, continuous improvement (Kaizen), and service to the community.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior technologist who wants to make a significant impact on how millions of fans worldwide consume anime content. You'll be working with a diverse, inclusive team and contributing to a platform that connects fans with the stories and characters they love.