WE HELP EVERYONE BELONG. IT’S OUR PURPOSE.
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!
Who We Are
We're a cast of characters working to shine a spotlight on anime. Crunchyroll is an international business focused on creating both online and offline experiences for fans through content (licensed, co-produced, originals, distribution), merchandise, events, gaming, news, and more. Visit our About Us pages for more information about our collection of brands.
About the Role
Crunchyroll LLC is on the lookout for a passionate and seasoned Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to elevate our engineering team. As a Senior SDET, you'll be instrumental in ensuring our software products are of the highest quality and reliability. You will be a vital part of the development team, advocating for top-tier test methodologies and best practices, providing feedback on developer-authored tests, and expanding automated test coverage with comprehensive end-to-end system-level tests. This role will report into the Engineering Manager.
We are considering applicants for remote and our office locations of Culver City, Dallas, and San Francisco.
About You
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience in software development and testing
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. JS/TypeScript, Java, Swift, Go)
- Strong experience with test automation tools and frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Appium, XCUITest, Espresso, JUnit, TestNG).
- Solid understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum
Pluses
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI)
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner)
- Experience with API testing tools (e.g., Postman, REST Assured)
A Day in the Life
- Mentorship & Best Practices: Lead and mentor on test methodologies, fostering a culture of quality.
- Comprehensive Testing: Conduct testing for complex web, mobile, API, and backend services.
- Coverage Enhancement: Review existing test coverage, identifying and addressing gaps.
- Collaboration: Work closely with development, product, and design teams to translate requirements into effective test cases.
- Automation Development: Evaluate, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites.
- Strategic Improvement: Continuously assess and enhance the test automation strategy's effectiveness.
- Performance Testing: Develop and execute performance and load tests to ensure application scalability.
- Code Reviews: Participate in code reviews, providing feedback to enhance code and test quality.
- CI/CD Management: Triage CI/CD and automation test failures.
- Regression Testing: Perform regression testing upon issue resolution.
- Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest testing tools and strategies.
Why you will love working at Crunchyroll
Not only will you get to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also...
- Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
- Enjoy flexible PTO and time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
- Appreciate the generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance options for you and your family.
- Take advantage of our health saving account HSA program plus health care and dependent care FSA programs.
- Love that we offer an employer match on our 401(k) plan.
- Receive employer paid commuter benefit (for eligible employees)
- Appreciate the generous support program for new parents
- Obtain pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!
#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Remote
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
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Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.
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Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.
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Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.
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Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
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
Please beware of recent scams to online job seekers. Those applying to our job openings will only be contacted directly from @crunchyroll.com email account.
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Crunchyroll is the world’s largest destination for anime and manga focused on creating 360° experiences — from video to merchandise, events, and gaming — for fans to connect through the content they love.
Why Work With Us
The quality of our company is a direct result of the quality of our people, so we take the process and art of hiring very seriously. Every position we recruit against is an opportunity for us to enhance and directly impact our culture and climate, and it is a reflection of the values we uphold.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Two in-person days per week. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the company-wide day for ALL team members to be in the office.
