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
Crunchyroll is growing and changing, presenting unique challenges and opportunities to support millions of anime fans around the world. The Partner Tools team provides seamless help to our partners and internal stakeholders, ensuring an exceptional experience for all Crunchyroll fans.
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager who is passionate about quality to lead the Partner Acceptance and Release team. The Partner Acceptance Release Quality team is dedicated to testing, measuring, understanding, and communicating the overall quality of our TV streaming application both before and after it is released to production and our partner’s devices. The team will focus on improving and innovating in the spaces of our test content, metrics, observability, and alerting. This team will also set a strategic vision for test automation and quality in the TV space, collaborating with stakeholders and partners across Crunchyroll and our Partners.
What you will be doing:
- Build and lead a team of partner acceptance and release engineers who value inclusion, transparency, autonomy, and humility.
- Set a strategic vision for partner testing and quality in the TV space.
- Create a release management vision.
- Collaborate, build alignment, and develop strong relationships with engineering partners across client, server, and productivity teams.
- Effectively identify, prioritize, and manage high-impact initiatives on the team’s technical roadmap.
- Empower, challenge, and coach team members to grow their impact as individual technical leaders by providing them with context and continuous feedback.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of product development experience in consumer devices or services.
- We are looking for a creative and highly motivated individual who is excited to take on challenging projects and help drive the future of partner acceptance testing. To be successful in this role, you must have a strong technical background in product development and software release management.
- Knowledge of developing and managing test cases, test harnesses, as well as expertise in utilizing the latest technologies and tools will be essential.
- Possession of excellent problem-solving and communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with other engineers, product managers and program managers.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with internal engineering and automation infrastructure teams to propose, develop and deploy test content designed to optimize partner device quality.
- Internal and external partner empathy.
About the Team
The Technology Partnerships team at Crunchyroll plays a pivotal role in enhancing and expanding our users’ experiences. We collaborate extensively with a diverse network of device, payment, and gaming partners to broaden the reach of Crunchyroll’s offerings. Our primary objective is to drive growth, open up new acquisition channels, and optimize both the scope and quality of our services. Situated at the crossroads of technology and business, we are dedicated to continually enabling experiences that delights our fans.
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 allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
- Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
- Health Saving Account HSA program
- Health care and dependent care FSA
- 401(k) plan, with employer match
- Employer paid commuter benefit
- Support program for new parents
- Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!
#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid
The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Crunchyroll’s Total Rewards offerings for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, employer matched retirement savings, time-off programs, and progressive health benefits and perks.
Pay Transparency - San Francisco, CA
$226,271—$282,839 USD
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
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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.
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