Engineering Manager - Remote or Hybrid Working

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!

In the role of Engineering Manager, you will report to the Director of Video Players.

As the Engineering Manager for the VideoIQ team, you will own the delivery and operationalization of our analytics, observability, dashboards, anomaly detection, forecasting, and AI-driven insights, ensuring a data-driven approach independent of specific implementations. You will lead and grow a team of skilled engineers while advocating for our core values of operational excellence, engineering quality, and effective delivery. You will establish relationships across Engineering, Program Management, and Product to drive projects and to help deliver our technology roadmap. You will join an international team of 100+ client engineers and leaders that have helped establish Crunchyroll as the leader in its space.

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers specializing in data science and engineering for video intelligence.

Conduct regular one-on-one meetings with a focus on performance and career development.

Oversee the design, implementation, and delivery of projects that address complex challenges in the observability and telemetry domain.

Ensure best practices in software development, including coding standards, peer code reviews, and documentation

Communicate project status, challenges, and outcomes to senior management and other teams.

Establish a culture with regard to our core tenets of excellence in operations, engineering, and delivery.

Participate in the hiring and interviewing process and act as a spokesperson for the Crunchyroll engineering team.

You are passionate about technology and the streaming space and have 5+ years industry experience and 2+ years of leadership experience.

You have the experience to sustain our core values of excellence in operations, delivery, and engineering.

You have been a developer, technical leader, and an architect of front end customer facing applications.

You can demonstrate experience working with your product and program peers to help establish technology roadmaps.

You can demonstrate experience leading technology leaders and driving important engineering programs.

You have hands-on experience developing in multiple code stacks - mobile, web, backend, db, infrastructure.

The Playback Engineering team is a growing team of international engineers and technology leaders passionate about providing a world class streaming experience for our millions of Anime fans across the world. Best-in class medical, dental, and vision private insurance healthcare coverage

  • Access to counseling & mental health sessions 24/7 through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Professional Development
  • Company's Paid Parental Leave
  • Hybrid Work Schedule
  • Paid Time Off
  • 5 Yasumi Days
  • Half-Day Fridays during the summer
  • LifeAtCrunchyroll ((select from the following job modalities for this role: #LI-Hybrid #LI-remote #LI-onsite))

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