Senior Database Engineer

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
• Report to the Director of Data Engineering
• Focus on standardizing and implementing monitoring and alerting across all datastores to track key metrics like errors, latency, and throughput, and to ensure critical systems are covered
• 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 to support the overall health and efficiency of our data systems

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 8+ years of experience in site reliability engineering, database operations, or a related role with a focus on data platforms, data stores, data operations
• Experience with AWS cloud platform and their data-related services
• Proficient in monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, DevOps Guru, DB Performance Insights)
• Proficient in one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Java)
• Strong understanding of various performance metrics both at a high level and at a low level like Disk/IO saturation
• Experience in identifying and eliminating the bottlenecks in the system
• Strong understanding of database internals like types of indexes, schemas, query plans
• Strong understanding of database systems (e.g., SQL, NoSQL) and experience in managing large-scale data infrastructures
• Basic knowledge in automation frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Cloud Formation)
• Basic knowledge and some hands-on implementation of CI/CD pipelines and DataOps practices
• Experience with data governance, compliance, and lifecycle management
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues
• Ability to work independently and own projects while effectively collaborating with the team to influence and shape the vision of the data engineering organization
• Strong communication skills and ability to mentor and guide junior engineers

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
• 📈 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!

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!

About The Team

The Database Engineering team is dedicated to ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our data infrastructure. We focus on standardizing and implementing monitoring and alerting across all datastores to track key metrics like errors, latency, and throughput, and to ensure critical systems are covered. Our team also leads efforts to keep databases up-to-date, implements Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for high availability and performance, and automates key processes to enhance operational efficiency.

We lead and evangelize the principle of 100% automation. Additionally, we define and document operational requirements, develop incident response processes, and automate monitoring and compliance checks to maintain a secure and reliable data environment. By continuously improving load testing and optimizing data governance practices, we support the overall health and efficiency of our data systems.

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!

Salary

$174k - $217k yearly