Staff Data Engineer

Posted 3 Days Ago
Culver City, CA
192K-240K Annually
Expert/Leader
Digital Media • eCommerce • Gaming • Mobile • News + Entertainment
The world’s largest destination for anime & manga focused on creating 360° fan experiences.
The Role
The Staff Data Engineer at Crunchyroll will lead the establishment of data engineering capabilities in AWS and GCP environments, implementing data infrastructure, mentoring a team, and ensuring reliable data delivery across departments. The role involves designing machine learning pipelines and improving data processing performance on a global level, while maintaining an empathetic and service-oriented team culture.
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About Crunchyroll

WE HELP EVERYONE BELONG. IT’S OUR PURPOSE.

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

We are hiring a Staff Data Engineer to join our US Operations and play a crucial role in our mission to establish a world-class data engineering team within the Center for Data and Insights (CDI). You will be a necessary contributor, advancing our data engineering capabilities in the AWS and GCP ecosystems. Your contributions will ensure the consistency and reliability of data and insights, aligning with our objective of ensuring well-informed decision-making.

You will demonstrate an empathetic and service-oriented approach, promoting a growing data and insights culture while enhancing and safeguarding our data infrastructure. You will have a unique opportunity to strengthen our data engineering platforms at a global level.

  • You will implement data infrastructure, platforms, and solutions.
  • You will Collaborate with cross functional teams and CDI leaders, by ensuring the delivery of data load and jobs tailored to their individual needs.
  • You will mentor the team of accomplished data engineers, by prioritizing a service-oriented approach and quick response times.
  • You will approach reporting platforms and analytical processes with innovative thinking, considering the evolving demands of the business.
  • You will Implement the strategy for migrating from AWS to GCP with near real-time events, machine learning pipelines using our customer data platform (Segment) and purpose built pipelines and DBs to activate systems of intelligence.
  • You will enhance the performance, reliability, and scalability of storage and compute layers of the data lake.

In the role, you will report to the Director, Analytics Engineering.

We are considering applicants for the location(s) of Culver City, CA.

About You

  • 12+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering or software development.
  • Experience with programming languages like Python, Spark & SQL
  • Experience with data tools like BI tools like Tableau, Looker, Preset
  • Proficient in using event data collection tools such as Snowplow, Segment, Google Tag Manager, Tealium, mParticle
  • Expert level understanding across the entire lifecycle of orchestration tools like Databricks, Airflow, Talend
  • Experience with streaming OLAP engines like Druid, ClickHouse, and similar technologies.
  • Experience using AWS services including EMR Spark, Redshift, Kinesis, Lambda, Glue, S3, and Athena
  • Experience with Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) and Data Management Platforms (DMPs)
  • Experience with high-security environments like HIPAA, PCI, or similar contexts
  • Accomplished in managing large-scale data sets, handling Terabytes of data and billions of records.

About the Team

Center for Data and Insights (CDI) is a service oriented horizontal organization that is uniquely positioned within the company to be the trusted and unbiased source of data-based insights for Crunchyroll. Our vision is to inspire, support and guide our stakeholders to be data-aware and build the systems of intelligence to discover insights and act on them. We have built a highly functional organization that believes in being a responsive partner, with the utmost curiosity, unwavering accountability and the courage to lead with actions.

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-Hybrid 

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 - Culver City, CA

$191,840$239,800 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.

  • Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

  • Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

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.

Questions about Crunchyroll’s hiring process? Please check out our Hiring FAQs: https://help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040471712-Crunchyroll-Hiring-FAQs

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Please beware of recent scams to online job seekers. Those applying to our job openings will only be contacted directly from @crunchyroll.com email account.

Top Skills

Python
Spark
SQL

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
1,200 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Crunchyroll is the world’s largest destination for anime and manga focused on creating 360° experiences — from video to merchandise, events, and gaming — for fans to connect through the content they love.

Why Work With Us

The quality of our company is a direct result of the quality of our people, so we take the process and art of hiring very seriously. Every position we recruit against is an opportunity for us to enhance and directly impact our culture and climate, and it is a reflection of the values we uphold.

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