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Data Engineer III
Crunchyroll LLC · 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States; San Francisco, CA, United States
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 26 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest May 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Crunchyroll LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles13 certified filings for “Software Engineer II” (Software Developers) in CA: $168k–$210k, median $170k. Most were filed at wage level I (55%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Crunchyroll LLC
The US Department of Labor certified 26 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest May 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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 The Data Services team is focused on building robust, scalable, and efficient data services, pipelines, lakes, tools, libraries, and software components that drive best practices and empower service teams to succeed. We design and implement data services, pipelines and data lakes for operational analysis, ensuring they are production-ready with automation and standardized access controls. We lead and evangelize the principle of 100% automation. Additionally, we establish best practices, provide training, and document data architectures to ensure our systems are reliable, future-ready, and capable of continuous evolution and process improvement across the organization. About the Role Crunchyroll is growing and changing, presenting unique challenges and opportunities to support millions of anime fans around the world. The Data Engineering team provides seamless help to our internal stakeholders, ensuring an exceptional experience for all Crunchyroll fans. As a Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and optimizing data services, ensuring that our data services support the needs of the business. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance eventing systems, and develop tools that empower our data and services teams. Your expertise will also be critical in driving 100% automation, best practices, creating scalable services, and optimizing our data environments. Key Areas of Responsibility • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented API and code while adhering to industry best practices, including code reviews and design patterns. • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, ensuring that both frontend and backend components are optimized for speed and reliability. • Contribute to the automation and optimization of build, deployment, and monitoring processes to support a smooth development lifecycle. • Develop and maintain comprehensive test suites (unit and integration) to ensure system reliability and robustness. • Implement and maintain security best practices, safeguarding sensitive data and ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations. • Must be proficient in both TypeScript and Python • Design, build, and maintain scalable applications/services using TypeScript and Python and modern backend frameworks (Node.js preferred). • Build event-driven architectures and event interfaces using AWS services such as SNS/SQS, EventBridge, Kinesis, or Kafka. • Deep understanding of AWS Processing Framework like Step Functions • Architect and optimize database schemas and queries for relational (RDS PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (DynamoDB) and Graph Database (Neo4j). • Collaborate with service engineers, data engineers, and product teams to deliver high-quality software solutions. • Apply best practices for code quality, security, testing, and performance optimization. About you We get excited about candidates, like you, because... • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. • 5+ years of experience in backend engineering, specializing in microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems. • Strong expertise in TypeScript (Node.js) and Python. • Experience in building applications/services using TypeScript and Python an