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Crunchyroll, LLC

Staff Data Engineer

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and ... Perform hands-on analytics: write the SQL, build the dashboards, and run the exploratory analyses ...

Spellbrush

Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

If the thought of running a batch job across ten-thousand GPUs to ingest petabytes worth of anime ... You're comfortable pulling data from whatever source it may be in, whether that involves writing a ...

Spellbrush

Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

If the thought of running a batch job across ten-thousand GPUs to ingest petabytes worth of anime ... You're comfortable pulling data from whatever source it may be in, whether that involves writing a ...

Crunchyroll, LLC

Data Engineer III

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$123K - $148K/yr

We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and ... Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented API and code while adhering to industry best ...

Crunchyroll, LLC

Senior AI Engineer

Dallas, TX · On-site

$103K - $142K/yr

We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and ... Direct AI coding agents by writing clear specs, acceptance criteria, implementation plans, and ...

Crunchyroll, LLC

Staff AI Engineer

Dallas, TX · On-site

We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and ... Direct AI coding agents by writing clear specs, acceptance criteria, implementation plans, and ...

Sony Electronics

Licensing Coordinator

Santa Monica, CA · Hybrid

A passion for Japanese Anime, games and related culture is highly preferred. This position will be ... JAPANESE - ENGLISH Bilingual required - must have professional level skills of reading, writing and ...

Sony Corporation

Licensing Coordinator

Santa Monica, CA · On-site

A passion for Japanese Anime, games and related culture is highly preferred. This position will be ... JAPANESE - ENGLISH Bilingual required - must have professional level skills of reading, writing and ...

Sony

Licensing Coordinator

Santa Monica, CA · On-site

A passion for Japanese Anime, games and related culture is highly preferred. This position will be ... JAPANESE - ENGLISH Bilingual required - must have professional level skills of reading, writing and ...

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How much do anime writer jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 12, 2026, the average hourly pay for anime writer in the United States is $38.94, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $28.85 and $47.12 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What does an anime writer do during production?

Anime Writers typically start by developing or adapting story outlines and scripts, working closely with the director and producer to ensure the narrative fits the anime's themes and pacing. Throughout production, writers participate in script meetings, address feedback from the creative team, and revise scripts to reflect changes in direction or animation constraints. Collaboration with storyboard artists and voice directors is also common, ensuring that dialogue and scenes work smoothly in visual and audio formats. Meeting tight deadlines and staying adaptable to evolving project needs are key parts of the job. This collaborative, multi-phase workflow helps ensure the final anime delivers a cohesive and engaging story.

What skills and qualifications are needed to thrive as an anime writer?

To thrive as an Anime Writer, you need strong storytelling abilities, scriptwriting experience, and a solid understanding of anime narrative conventions, often supported by a background in creative writing or screenwriting. Familiarity with industry-standard script formatting software such as Final Draft, Celtx, or Movie Magic Screenwriter is commonly expected. Excellent collaboration, adaptability, and open communication are vital soft skills, as you often work closely with directors, artists, and production teams. These combined abilities ensure the creation of compelling scripts that align with the production's vision and resonate with global audiences.

What is an anime writer?

An Anime Writer is responsible for creating the scripts, dialogue, and storylines for anime series or films. They work closely with directors, producers, and artists to develop engaging narratives that align with the anime's themes and visual style. Writers may adapt existing source material, such as manga or light novels, or create original stories. Their role includes structuring episodes, developing characters, and ensuring the dialogue fits the genre and cultural context. Creativity, storytelling skills, and an understanding of anime tropes are essential for success in this role.

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Staff Data Engineer

Crunchyroll, LLC

Los Angeles, CA • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

Re-posted 11 days ago

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.
Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!
About the role
In the role of Staff Data Engineer for Concepts Lab, you will report to the VP of the Concepts Lab.
We are considering applicants for the location of Los Angeles, CA (onsite).
As the Staff Data Engineer for Concepts Lab, you will be the technical anchor for everything data in the lab: designing and building the pipelines, reports, and tooling that turn raw signals from experiments into insights that shape our roadmap.
You will move fluidly between hands-on analytics work, and partnership with PMs, designers, and engineers across the company. Success in your first year looks like a Concepts Lab where every new idea has a clear, trustworthy path from question to data to decision and where the team ships faster because of the foundation you have built.
Core Areas of Responsibility
  • Own the reliability of AI systems in the lab, including designing eval frameworks, instrumenting observability for LLM-based pipelines, and building the validation and structured-output layers that make model outputs trustworthy.
  • Architect and build the end-to-end data foundation for Concepts Lab on Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark, Databricks SQL), spanning ingestion from AWS and GCP sources through to curated, analytics-ready datasets.
  • Lead data modeling and transformation work by defining the dimensional models, semantic layers, and metrics that the lab and our partners across Crunchyroll rely on for experimentation and decision-making.
  • Perform hands-on analytics: write the SQL, build the dashboards, and run the exploratory analyses that turn lab concepts into evidence, partnering directly with PMs and product leaders on the questions that matter.
  • Set the technical bar for the lab's data work, including design reviews, code quality, observability, cost management, and security practices, and mentor engineers and analysts who collaborate with us.
  • Partner across teams to move successful concepts from prototype into production, working at the inflection point between central Data and Platform teams and upstream and downstream Software Engineering teams to hand off systems that scale beyond the lab.
About You
We get excited about candidates, like you, because...
  • You have 12+ years of professional experience building production data systems, with a track record of operating as a senior individual contributor or technical lead.
  • You have hands-on experience making AI systems production-grade by designing trace-based evaluations, instrumenting observability for LLM pipelines (with tools like LangSmith, Langfuse, or Datadog), and enforcing structured outputs in real production environments.
  • You possess deep expertise in Databricks, including Spark (PySpark and/or Scala), Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL.
  • You are equally strong in SQL and dimensional data modeling, and have shipped warehouse layers and semantic models that analysts and stakeholders actually trust and use.
  • You write production-grade Python and have built data pipelines with modern orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, dbt, or similar) on AWS and/or GCP.
  • You have done substantive analytics work yourself beyond just enabling others and can take an ambiguous business question and drive it to a clear, data-supported answer.
  • You have experience working in early-stage, ambiguous environments where you define the problem as much as you solve it, and you know when to prototype quickly versus when to build for the long term.
Nice to Have
  • Experience in media, streaming, or gaming
  • Experience working in an innovation lab, incubation environment, or R&D organization
  • Experience with Datadog, Mixpannel, and Mux
About the Team
The Concepts Lab is Crunchyroll's R&D and incubation group, focused on exploring new ideas, technologies, and experiences for anime fans. The team partners closely with engineering, product, and business leaders to test assumptions, build evidence, and transition validated concepts into delivery teams.
Our work spans early discovery through beta execution, with an emphasis on learning quickly, reducing risk, and setting teams up for long-term success.
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-onsite
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
$210,000-$255,000 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.
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