Software Engineer
Posted 3 Apr 2025
Advertised as “Senior Software Engineer -Backend/Full Stack”
BranchFactor Summary
The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 8+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
No salary listed for this role.
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 Senior Software Backend Engineer on the Service Monetization Team, you will help shape the future of our Service Monetization Platform. You will architect, build and optimize our subscriptions and payments platform that enables membership and powers revenue collection for Crunchyroll. Working with design, product, quality and data teams, you will solve complex challenges, optimize performance, and enhance user experience, directly contributing to the growth of the Crunchyroll fanbase.
In the role of Senior Software Backend Engineer, you will report to the Engineering Manager in the Service Monetization organization.
About You
We get excited about candidates, like you, because
- You’re an experienced and passionate Senior Software Backend Engineer with experience building robust and reliable backend services (8+ years of relevant experience in the software industry)
- You’re experienced in Java, GoLang, Python, PHP, Typescript or Node.js
- You’re experienced with cloud technologies (API Gateway, Lambda, EC2, RDS, ECS)
- You’re experienced with databases (PostgresDB/MariaDB, DynamoDB/MongoDB)
- You’re experienced in operational excellence (on-call rotations, incident management)
- You excel in an Agile and collaborative environment, where your insights and expertise will help create technical solutions loved by our fans.
About the Team
The Service Monetization organization is responsible for building, maintaining, and securing systems that enable membership and collect payments information for Crunchyroll users. 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 integrations with payment providers, payments fraud detection and prevention, optimizations to reduce passive churn while maintaining PCI compliance. Our services 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 growing Crunchyroll business!