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!
The Android team is responsible for building and maintaining our Crunchyroll apps for Android, Android TV, and Fire TV. Our goal is to produce a robust application that delivers content that will delight and engage our audiences, partners and internal stakeholders. We embody Crunchyroll’s collaborative spirit, and work closely with various internal teams to engineer scalable solutions that can be shared across all client platforms.
Location: Mexico CityThe intersection of media and technology is our sweet spot and we are fortunate to be headquartered at the epicenter of the creative economy - Los Angeles. This office houses many of our corporate functions and cross-functional teams tasked with creating exceptional experiences for our passionate communities.
About You:
- Develop complex, consumer-facing video streaming applications for Android mobile, Android TV, Fire TV, automotive, and more.
- Strong knowledge of architectural design principles
- Create excellent video streaming experiences optimized for performance and scalability
- Stay current on techniques, tools, and ecosystem, especially as it relates to Android
- Minimum 5 years of development experience on Android with Java/Kotlin
- Experience building applications using Jetpack libraries
- Experience with audio/video streaming with Exoplayer
- Ability to provide architectural guidance on app features
- Familiarity with content protection and rights management concepts
- Familiarity and working experience with Agile development methodologies
- Ability to design and create major software components and provide technical leadership for developers
- Ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies
- Excellent communication and creative problem-solving skills
- Familiarity with common CI/CD practices and GIT workflows
- Commitment to producing quality code and documentation
A day in the life of our Senior Software Engineer:
- Work with engineers, product managers, and project managers to implement new features across Crunchyroll's Android TV and Fire TV apps
- Coordinate with team manager on technical designs and technology decisions
- Coordinate with multiple teams and manage dependencies where applicable
- Ensure that team tasks are completed in a timely manner
- Ensure good code quality by doing rigorous code reviews and maintaining good code coverage on tests
- Work with team manager to develop a comprehensive testing pyramid
- Mentor engineers in order to level up their skills
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We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value
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.
- Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.
Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.
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.
Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.
Questions about Crunchyroll’s hiring process? Please check out our Hiring FAQs: https://help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040471712-Crunchyroll-Hiring-FAQs
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