What’s AniLive?

We develop and operate AniLive, a mobile streaming app specifically designed for virtual streamers and their fans in English-speaking countries.

On this platform, streamers can become "AniLivers" with their own avatars, allowing them to start streaming from "anytime, anywhere" and earn income. As viewers, the vertical streaming experience on AniLive enables them to enjoy communication with their favorite AniLivers from a close distance, experiencing a new level of engagement including various gift animations.

With the release of AniLive, our company aims to revolutionize the virtual streaming industry and bring more fun to the global anime/VTuber community!

Position Summary

We are seeking a well-experienced Typescript Engineer to join our core team and help bring our new ideas to life, surprising the world together. This position can involve all elements of product development, from 0 to 1. Our main dev language is TypeScript (Node.js) and we use Github for our task management.

What you will do

• Help guide or lead cross-disciplinary dialogs to drive features from the initial concept of our new product to completion
• Demonstrate expertise/ownership in major areas of the codebase
• Collaborate closely with the executive, project manager, and design team

What you will bring

• Passion for the Japanese entertainment industry — anime, manga, gaming, VTubing... you must be an otaku!
• 5+ years experience, having worked on large-scale services as well as involving one project that you've worked on for at least 2 years
• API development expertise with proven experience in architecting and developing APIs in a cloud environment such as AWS, GCP, etc. and utilizing Typescript (Node.js)
• Experience using Github, Notion, GSuite, Microsoft Office, Slack, and Zoom

Bonus Points

• Experience developing native iOS / Android applications
• Knowledge of C#(Unity)
• Experience in developing communication systems in standard web technologies, such as streaming services and network games
• Development experience with a team of 3 or more, especially communicating with product design, product manager, and business development team members
• Experience in performance measurement and bottleneck investigation

Perks

• Fully remote work environment
• Flexible and adaptable to various scenarios
• Company off-sites 2x a year held in Japan