Software Engineer II, Frontend

Crunchyroll; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary + performance bonus

Flexible time off

Health, dental, vision

Health Saving Account (HSA)

401(k) with employer match

Pet friendly offices

Job summary

Crunchyroll is hiring a Frontend Engineer II, focused on connected-device experiences including Roku. You will develop high-performance streaming UIs, contribute to shared client architectures, and collaborate with product managers, designers, QA, and fellow engineers to deliver scalable, user-focused experiences across devices.

The ideal candidate brings strong TypeScript/JavaScript skills, experience with modern frontend frameworks, and a passion for maintainable frontend systems and

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software development experience building production applications.
• Experience developing and maintaining large-scale client-side applications.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript.
• Experience building scalable applications using modern frontend frameworks such as React, Vue, Angular, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, state management, modular design, and reusable component patterns.
• Design, develop, and optimize Living Room applications while contributing to scalable client-side solutions that improve maintainability and performance.
• Contribute to reusable libraries, application frameworks, tooling, and architectural patterns that reduce duplication and improve consistency across applications
• Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and maintain high standards for code quality, testing, reliability, and documentation.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex issues across application layers, including platform-specific behavior, performance bottlenecks, and production incidents.
• Optimize application startup time, memory usage, responsiveness, and playback experiences across connected-device environments.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain clear technical documentation for systems, architecture decisions, development workflows, and feature implementations.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to other engineers while helping improve team processes, technical standards, and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, QA engineers, and other engineers to deliver scalable, reliable frontend experiences.
• Contribute to shared client architecture and frameworks used across connected devices.

Skills

2+ years of experience

Large-scale client-side apps

TypeScript & JavaScript

React/Vue/Angular

Architecture & state mgmt

Living Room apps optimization

Reusable libraries & tooling

Code reviews & documentation

Troubleshooting across layers

Performance optimization

Tools

React

Vue

Angular

Job description

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.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Frontend Engineer to help build and evolve Crunchyroll's connected-device applications.

In this role, you will develop and maintain high-performance streaming experiences on Roku while contributing to shared client architecture, reusable application frameworks, and cross-platform capabilities used across connected devices. You will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, QA engineers, and fellow software engineers to deliver scalable, reliable, and user-focused experiences.

The ideal candidate combines strong development experience with modern software engineering practices and a solid understanding of TypeScript, client-side application architecture, and maintainable frontend systems.

In the role of Software Engineer II, Frontend, you will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, LRX Core.

We are considering applicants for the location(s) of San Francisco, CA.

About You

We get excited about candidates, like you, because you have...

• 2+ years of professional software development experience building production applications.
• Experience developing and maintaining large-scale client-side applications.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript.
• Experience building scalable applications using modern frontend frameworks such as React, Vue, Angular, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, state management, modular design, and reusable component patterns.
• Design, develop, and optimize Living Room applications while contributing to scalable client-side solutions that improve maintainability and performance.
• Contribute to reusable libraries, application frameworks, tooling, and architectural patterns that reduce duplication and improve consistency across applications
• Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and maintain high standards for code quality, testing, reliability, and documentation.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex issues across application layers, including platform-specific behavior, performance bottlenecks, and production incidents.
• Optimize application startup time, memory usage, responsiveness, and playback experiences across connected-device environments.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to other engineers while helping improve team processes, technical standards, and knowledge sharing.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation for systems, architecture decisions, development workflows, and feature implementations.

About The Team

The Fan Experiences team at Crunchyroll plays a pivotal role in enhancing and expanding our users' experiences. We partner with platform engineers, designers, and product teams to build immersive, performant applications that delight users across a growing range of devices. Our team thrives on action, innovation, and a shared commitment to raising the bar. We are curious, data-driven, and passionate about continuously improving the way fans experience anime.

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!

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

$135,100—$168,900 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.