Software Engineer I, XDP

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!

Software Engineer I, XDP

WARP Organization

Location: Mexico City (Hybrid, 3 days in office)

About Crunchyroll

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!

About the Role

As a Software Engineer I on the XDP team within the WARP organization, you will take on meaningful ownership of features and systems within the Crunchyroll web application, one of the primary ways millions of fans around the world discover and watch anime. Working with JavaScript and TypeScript, you will build, optimize, and evolve a large-scale web application that demands thoughtful engineering at every layer.

This is a software engineering role. The technology stack is centered on web technologies, but the challenges are those you would find on any serious platform team: performance optimization at scale, complex state and data management, cross-team integration, and delivering reliable experiences to a global, high-traffic audience. You will have the autonomy to drive features from design to delivery and the support of a strong engineering team to accelerate your growth.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features and improvements for the Crunchyroll web application using JavaScript and TypeScript.
• Own the delivery of well-scoped projects from technical design through testing and release.
• Improve application performance, reliability, and developer experience across the web client.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and platform engineering teams to align on requirements and technical approaches.
• Contribute to engineering best practices through code reviews, design discussions, and documentation.
• Help identify technical debt and propose pragmatic solutions to address it.
• Support operational excellence through participation in on-call rotations, monitoring, and incident response.
• Mentor newer engineers through pairing, code review, and knowledge sharing.

About You

• You are proficient in JavaScript and/or TypeScript with 0-2 years of industry experience, or have strong fundamentals in another language and are ready to work primarily in these technologies.
• You can take a well-defined problem, break it down, and deliver a working solution with minimal guidance.
• You have experience building or contributing to web applications used by real users.
• You communicate effectively and collaborate naturally across teams and disciplines.
• You are proactive about improving the systems and processes around you.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Vue.js, React, or similar frameworks in a production environment.
• Familiarity with web performance profiling, accessibility, and responsive design at scale.
• Experience with observability tooling such as Datadog for monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Exposure to server-side rendering, edge delivery, or content delivery patterns.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and feature flag infrastructure.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

About the Organization

The WARP Organization is a growing team of international engineers and technology leaders passionate about delivering a world-class experience for our millions of anime fans. The XDP team owns the Crunchyroll SDUI and personalization platform that serves all the client applications used by millions of fans worldwide. You will be part of a globally distributed team building, optimizing, and evolving one of the most-visited anime platforms on the internet, where your work directly impacts how fans discover, watch, and connect with the content they love.

Why You Will Love Working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate, and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

• Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
• Flexible time off policies allow you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
• Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance.
• Support program for new parents.

About our Values

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 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.

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