Senior AI Solutions Engineer
AI summary of the role
This is a hands-on Senior AI Solutions Engineer role embedded within business functions (Content, Marketing, Product) at Crunchyroll.
No longer in the current catalog. Last included 2026-09-09. Check the employer’s posting for availability.
What you’ll do
- Embed deeply with assigned business functions to map workflows and identify pain points before proposing changes.
- Design and build production-grade agentic systems including tool-using agents, RAG pipelines, and workflow automation.
- Own the full lifecycle from task decomposition and model selection to orchestration, evaluations, and production deployment.
- Build evaluation and observability from day one, instrumenting tracing, logging, and monitoring for quality, cost, and drift.
What you’ll bring
- 6+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years building applied AI/agentic solutions in production.
- Demonstrated experience designing, building, and shipping reliable agentic systems to production (tool-using agents, multi-step tasks).
- Strong Python skills and deep command of the agentic stack (LangChain/LangGraph, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK, etc.).
- Proven ability to work directly with non-technical stakeholders and manage expectations.
Technologies
LangChain · LangGraph · LlamaIndex · AutoGen · CrewAI · OpenAI Agents SDK · RAG · vector databases · MCP servers · Datadog · LangSmith · Langfuse
About Crunchyroll
Subscription anime streaming service super-serving 100M+ fans across 200+ countries, plus manga, theatrical, games, merch, and events powered by anime IP.
Acquired · 1000–2000 people
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
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! As a Senior AI Solutions Engineer in Crunchyroll's AI Enablement "Build & Partner" layer, you are the dedicated AI partner for business functions like Content, Marketing, or Product. You embed within these teams to deliver tailored solutions based on their specific operational context. This hands-on role combines engineering with consulting, focusing on building production-grade agentic systems. You design
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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! As a Senior AI Solutions Engineer in Crunchyroll's AI Enablement "Build & Partner" layer, you are the dedicated AI partner for business functions like Content, Marketing, or Product. You embed within these teams to deliver tailored solutions based on their specific operational context. This hands-on role combines engineering with consulting, focusing on building production-grade agentic systems. You design and implement systems that plan, use tools, and maintain state - utilizing RAG pipelines and workflow automation, rather than just building simple chat interfaces. Your time in this role is split between stakeholder scoping and technical implementation. You own the full lifecycle, from task decomposition and model selection to orchestration, evaluations, and production deployment. You build on the central AI Enablement team's shared technical standards, approved tooling list, and architectural p [... source excerpt omitted ...] lity from day one - define task-level success criteria and eval sets, and instrument tracing, logging, and monitoring so agent behavior, quality, cost, and drift are measurable in production rather than assumed Manage stakeholders proactively: act as the translator between business needs and technical reality, set honest expectations about what agents can and cannot reliably do, surface risks early, prevent scope creep, and never let a stakeholder be surprised Support post-handoff sustainability - what you build should still be operational and maintained well after you've moved to the next engagement What We're Looking For Required 6+ years of software engineering experience, [... source excerpt omitted ...] cluding agent-specific risks (tool/permission scope, prompt injection, data handling, autonomous-action safety), and you design with those constraints in mind from the start. 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 4
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