Crunchyroll
Principal Engineer, Engineering Practices
San Francisco, CA, United States · Principal
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About the role
- The Principal Engineer, Engineering Practices is a senior technical leader responsible for strengthening engineering excellence across Crunchyroll through technical strategy, architectural guidance, engineering best practices, and technical mentorship.
- Success is measured not by the number of architectural decisions made personally, but by the growth of engineering capability, technical leadership, and organizational excellence across the Engineering organization.
- We are considering applicants for the location of San Francisco, California.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the SVP of Engineering and Engineering Leadership to translate business priorities into a long-term technical strategy
- Develop reusable architectural patterns, reference implementations, and engineering guidance that teams can adopt
- Facilitate technical design discussions for high-impact initiatives when appropriate
- Drive Technical Strategy
- Build Engineering Capability
- Support career growth for senior technical contributors through mentorship and technical coaching
- Develop technical documentation, architecture patterns, playbooks, and reference materials that reduce dependency on individual experts
- Support program for new parents
Requirements
- You have 15+ years of experience in Software Engineering
- You are highly-collaborative.
- You have technical expertise across the full stack, and are able to provide insights and guidance to front-end, back-end or infrastructure teams, when needed
- You have experience designing, implementing and operating services at large scale
- You are able to distinguish and balance between long-term architectural direction and pragmatic delivery, knowing when to standardize, when to extend existing systems, and when a new approach is needed
- You are skilled at defining architecture principles, patterns, and best practices that improve consistency, quality, and engineering velocity across multiple teams
- You can translate business strategy and product requirements into clear technical direction, identifying the capabilities, investments, and sequencing needed for long-term success
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar field, or equivalent experience
Skills
- Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and engineering practices that improve engineering effectiveness
Compensation
- The Pay Range for this position is listed.
- $260,400 - $325,500 USD
Benefits
- 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
- Employer paid commuter benefit
- 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.
Company info
- 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!
- 401(k) plan, with employer match
- Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!
This listing is sourced directly from Crunchyroll's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.