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Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering
Crunchyroll LLC · 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Sponsorship verdict
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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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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 role As a Senior Software Engineer within the Infrastructure team, you are a key person in managing and scaling the systems and services that power our streaming platform with a focus on our edge services and networking technologies. Your expertise enables you to take on complex challenges independently and create scalable solutions that meet our customers' needs. You will work with other members of Infrastructure Engineering and delivery teams to lead projects, driving them forward to completion and ensuring that the platform processes and best practices are being followed. In close collaboration with other engineers, you will be responsible for ensuring our traffic management and cloud networking architecture are secure, fast, and reliable. You are expected to take initiatives to improve what we do overall, introduce new technologies and processes when it is needed and share knowledge across teams. You will report to the Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering. About You You have an in-depth understanding of cloud networking, software, and DevOps methodologies, automation, and infrastructure as code. Your experience in designing, building, and scaling high availability systems shows your commitment to operational excellence. You excel in a collaborative environment and can work well with your teammates, providing a good example to other engineers to achieve high quality and standards in everything they do. Requirements: • At least a Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, information technology, information systems, or similar. • 8+ years of experience working in production-level environments with at least 5 years directly engineering edge infrastructure and networks as a DevOps/SRE • Proficient in AWS cloud technologies, coupled with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Pulumi and Terraform • Proven experience managing global traffic via Cloudflare or other traffic manager, including DNS, CDN, and intelligent load balancing to optimize application performance • Demonstrated ability to secure cloud-native environments using Cloudflare’s suite of tools, specially WAF, DDos mitigation, and Zero Trust access polices. • Able to proactively analyze Cloudflare traffic patterns and metrics to rapidly troubleshoot global delivery failures, caching conflicts, and origin-to-edge connectivity bottlenecks • Proven experience architecting and automating secure, scalable cloud networks, including VPCs, subnets and routing • Demonstrated ability to implement robust load balancing, DNS strategies, and granular access controls to ensure secure, performant cloud-native communication • Able to investigate and resolve complex cloud connectivity issues, leveraging logs and metrics to remediate latency, routing anomalies, and packet loss in high-traffic environments. • Experience in GitOps practices and CI/CD. • Experience managing Linux based infrastructure. • Experience with CDN and caching technologies including AWS CloudFront. • Experience working with and guiding Software Engineers in production best practices, sharing knowledge across teams and teammates. • Experience in at least two or more programming languages • Able to accommodate periodic off-hour meetings with the international team members. • Excellent com