Senior Engineer, Engineering Practices & Architecture

Crunchyroll; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 260,400 - 325,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary plus performance bonus

Flexible time off

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Crunchyroll is seeking a Principal Engineer, Engineering Practices in San Francisco to lead technical strategy, architectural guidance, and engineering excellence. You will mentor senior engineers, develop reusable patterns, and influence across domains while fostering a culture of technical ownership.

You’ll collaborate with engineering leadership to shape long-term strategy, drive scalable architectures, and improve reliability, security, and developer productivity across Crunchyroll’s

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong leadership and mentoring across multiple levels.
• Excellent cross-team collaboration and communication.
• Hands-on engineer who codes and validates designs.
• Experience designing and operating services at large scale.

Responsibilities

• Translate business priorities into a long-term technical strategy.
• Provide architectural guidance and reusable patterns for teams.
• Coach and mentor principal, staff, and senior engineers.
• Lead architecture workshops and technical learning sessions.
• Promote reliability, observability, security, and developer productivity.

Skills

Software architecture

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on coding

Job description

Crunchyroll is seeking a Principal Engineer, Engineering Practices in San Francisco to lead technical strategy, architectural guidance, and engineering excellence. You will mentor senior engineers, develop reusable patterns, and influence across domains while fostering a culture of technical ownership.

You’ll collaborate with engineering leadership to shape long-term strategy, drive scalable architectures, and improve reliability, security, and developer productivity across Crunchyroll’s