Crunchyroll · 2 weeks ago
Senior Database Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$174K/yr - $217K/yr
8+ years expCrunchyroll is a company dedicated to delivering the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. They are seeking a Senior Database Engineer to maintain and enhance the reliability of their data infrastructure, impacting the availability and performance of data services and enabling data-driven decisions.
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Responsibilities
Maintain and enhance the reliability of our data infrastructure
Collaborate with data engineers and software engineers to develop and drive 100% automation, best practices for deep monitoring and alerting
Ensure an exceptional experience for all Crunchyroll fans
Impact the availability and performance of our data services, enabling the organization to make data-driven decisions
Standardize and implement monitoring and alerting across all datastores to track key metrics like errors, latency, and throughput
Lead efforts to keep databases up-to-date, implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for high availability and performance, and automate key processes to enhance operational efficiency
Define and document operational requirements, develop incident response processes, and automate monitoring and compliance checks to maintain a secure and reliable data environment
Continuously improve load testing and optimize data governance practices
Qualification
Required
You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
You have 8+ years of experience in site reliability engineering, database operations, or a related role with a focus on data platforms, data stores, data operations
You have experience with AWS cloud platform and their data-related services
You are proficient in monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, DevOps Guru, DB Performance Insights)
You are proficient in one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Java)
You have a strong understanding of various performance metrics both at a high level and at a low level like Disk/IO saturation
You have experience in identifying and eliminating the bottlenecks in the system
You have a strong understanding of database internals like types of indexes, schemas, query plans
You have a strong understanding of database systems (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) and experience in managing large-scale data infrastructures
At least basic knowledge in automation frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Cloud Formation)
At least basic knowledge and some hands-on implementation of CI/CD pipelines and DataOps practices
You have experience with data governance, compliance, and lifecycle management
You have strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues
You're able to work independently and own projects while effectively collaborating with the team to influence and shape the vision of the data engineering organization
You have strong communication skills and can mentor and guide junior engineers
Benefits
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!
Company
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is a video service provider for Japanese animated productions and Asian media services. It is a sub-organization of Ellation.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$26.8MKey Investors
Otter MediaTV Tokyo
2020-12-09Acquired
2015-11-20Series Unknown· $22M
2010-03-25Series Unknown· $0.75M
Leadership Team
Punnoose Isaac
SVP and Head of Center for Data and Insights
Monique Barash
VP, People & Capabilities
Recent News
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