About the job
About Crunchyroll
Founded by passionate fans, Crunchyroll is dedicated to bringing the art and culture of anime to a vibrant community. We cater to over 100 million anime and manga enthusiasts in more than 200 countries and territories, allowing them to connect with the stories and characters they love. Our offerings include online streaming, theatrical releases, games, merchandise, and events, all powered by the anime content we hold dear.
Join our innovative team and help us shape the future of anime!
About the Role:
We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to spearhead the development, architecture, and continuous evolution of our essential digital media supply chain systems that drive our global streaming platform.
In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Principal Solutions Architect for Digital Supply Chain and various teams including Digital Supply Chain Operations, Production Technology, Business Transformation, and Engineering to define and execute the next generation of scalable, automated workflows across video, audio, subtitles, artwork, and metadata.
This position is highly technical and hands-on, merging in-depth media pipeline engineering expertise with cloud-native architecture, modern software development practices, and a strong commitment to innovation and modernization within the supply chain ecosystem.
What You’ll Do:
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable, automated digital media supply chain services encompassing ingestion, transformation, quality control, and delivery
- Architect cloud-native microservices and event-driven workflows to facilitate high-volume processing of video, audio, subtitles, artwork, and metadata assets
- Partner with the Principal Solutions Architect to translate architectural vision into high-quality, production-ready engineering solutions
- Collaborate with engineering and product leads to clarify technical requirements, set roadmap priorities, and devise implementation strategies
- Enhance observability, monitoring, logging, and operational automation throughout the media pipeline
- Drive innovation initiatives through prototyping and explore new workflow optimizations and next-generation supply chain capabilities
- Mentor engineering staff, engage in design reviews, and elevate engineering quality organization-wide
