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Crunchyroll, LLC

Software Engineer III, Playback Services

Crunchyroll, LLC · San Francisco, CA, United States

Posted 29 days ago

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This role has been open
29 days
Crunchyroll, LLC's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Crunchyroll, LLC's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Crunchyroll, LLC
high
43 stale, 3 reposted of 67 open
Hiring momentum
111 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Software Engineer III on the Playback Services team at Crunchyroll, you will focus on enhancing video playback by designing and improving backend services and APIs. Your responsibilities include advancing content protection initiatives, resolving production issues, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features. You will also participate in on-call duties and contribute to the overall engineering quality through code reviews and technical documentation.

Our read on this posting3.4out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Crunchyroll, LLC as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience building backend services in production environments
  • Strong experience with backend programming languages such as TypeScript, Go, or similar
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms like AWS or GCP
  • Understanding of video streaming fundamentals, APIs, backend service architecture, and operational realities of delivering playback at scale
  • Ability to independently own well-scoped projects from design to deployment
  • Familiarity with content protection, entitlement, secure content access, or playback security concerns

What you get

  • Great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential
  • Flexible time off policies
  • 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

Worth weighing

  • No specific technologies or frameworks mentioned beyond backend programming languages and cloud platforms
  • On-call and incident response responsibilities may require additional time commitment
  • Role involves debugging complex issues which may be challenging

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Listed by Crunchyroll, LLC on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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