Staff DevOps Engineer

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! About the Team At Crunchyroll, our Cloud Reliability team within the Infrastructure Engineering team forms the foundation on which our services are built and directly influence our customer experience and the velocity of our engineers. Our team focus is to ensure that our developers are enabled, self-service, that everything about our infrastructure is automated and that our services are highly reliable and scalable. Cloud Reliability team members will engage directly with development teams on helping them become empowered and effective at delivering on our Infrastructure. About the role As a Staff DevOps Engineer within the Infrastructure Engineering team, you are essential in automating and scaling the systems and services that power our streaming platform. You will work with our DevOps team, delivery teams and lead projects related to infrastructure automation, scaling, CICD, driving them forward to completion and ensuring that the platform processes, automation and best practices are being followed. In collaboration with other engineers, you develop tools and systems that support services and facilitate high-quality software delivery and architecture / infrastructure. You are expected to be highly collaborative working across teams to understand the needs, establish best practices and automate them whenever possible. You will also play a key role in partnering with our development teams and understanding their needs and assisting them in their journey. You will report to the Senior Manager, Cloud Reliability - Infrastructure Engineering. We are considering applicants for our Los Angeles, CA or San Francisco, CA offices. We work a hybrid schedule, in-office 3 days a week. About you The ideal candidate for the Staff DevOps Engineer role has a strong background in DevOps, automation, infrastructure as code and enabling software engineers to deliver independently and safely at scale. You have experience in building and scaling high-availability systems, with a focus on operational excellence. This role involves leading and mentoring other engineers, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and continually improving our technology platform and infrastructure. Your ability to excel in a collaborative environment sets an example for fellow engineers, contributing to a culture of high quality and standards in all aspects of our work. Requirements: At least a Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, information technology, information systems, or similar. 12+ years of relevant experience in DevOps and infrastructure management. 8+ years working in production environments, combining DevOps and software engineering. 5+ years of experience managing containerized infrastructure in ECS or Kubernetes. Proficiency in automation, creating reusable patterns and solutions. Expertise in GitOps practices and CI/CD, including tools like GHA & CodeDeploy and infrastructure automation within CI/CD. 5+ years experience in AWS and its major services such as ECS, S3, SQS, Lambda, containerization, utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Pulumi and Terraform. Proficient in programming in TypeScript with familiarity of other languages such as Go or Python. Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and non-relational databases (e.g., DynamoDB). Experience guiding software engineers in production best practices, sharing knowledge across teams. Design and deployment experience with data sovereignty-driven designs (e.g., GDPR). Collaboration with other engineers to build tools and systems supporting services and facilitating high-quality software delivery. Pluses: Knowledge of streaming video delivery, video encoding workflows, video origin architecture, and issues of scale for video delivery. Familiarity with big data and payments domain. Understand security concepts such as cryptography, authentication, authorization, and security protocols. Experience with Vault, Packer or other HashiCorp tools. Knowledge, or working experience with GCP. 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 - Los Angeles, CA $200,000 — $249,000 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 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. 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 refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights: https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/22978/v1_0/docs/spe-jobs-privacy-policy-update-for-crpa-dec-21-22.pdf 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.

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