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 Software Engineer on our User Experience Engineering support team, you will contribute to the design, development and optimization of our internal UX support tools. You will take ownership of key features and improvements, ensuring high-quality code and performance. You'll collaborate with Engineering, Program Management, Product, and QA teams across the globe to help shape our technology roadmap and achieve our goals. You'll be a part of an international team of 100+ client engineers, where your contributions will help maintain Crunchyroll's position as the premiere Anime streaming service.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain both frontend and backend components of our user experience tools.
- Lead design and architectural discussions and make critical decisions regarding system design.
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
- Mentor and provide guidance to junior and mid-level engineers.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define project requirements.
- Ensure the application's performance, scalability, and security.
Required Skills:
- 2+ years of experience in software development.
- Extensive experience in TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3.
- Extensive experience in front-end development, with a strong focus on React.
- Experience in back-end, full-stack development is a nice to have.
- Experience with backend development using Node.js and serverless architectures.
- Proficiency in writing unit and integration tests.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with AWS services (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, API Gateway, CloudFront).
- Knowledge of serverless architectures.
- Knowledge of Go programming language.
- Experience with SDET practices.
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