Director Of Engineering, Android Platforms

About the Role

As the Director of Engineering, Android Platforms, you will join an existing team that builds mobile, tablet, automotive, living room devices, and partner devices. You will bring hands-on experience to these platforms and work with our Principal client solutions engineers to help foster a culture of excellence in operations, engineering, and delivery. You will lean on your engineering leadership experience to continue team development and collaborative cross functional partnership. You will report to the Director of Engineering, Native Clients & Frameworks. This is a hybrid position based out of one of our offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Dallas, TX.

About the Team

The Android development teams operate as independent delivery teams, owning their technical roadmaps and execution. Supporting millions of users across mobile, tablet, automotive, and living room devices, the teams are increasingly focused on enabling global expansion and delivering high-quality, localized experiences at scale. We collaborate closely with product, design, program management, video engineering, platform engineering, and service monetization to create scalable, flexible solutions. True to Crunchyroll's collaborative spirit, we work across disciplines and client platforms to engineer experiences that resonate with fans worldwide.

About You

• You are the single owner of the Android architecture, responsible for ensuring its long-term scalability, reliability, and technical excellence

• You bring a strategic direction in building and scaling Android engineering teams with business impact in mind

• You can lead codebase unification efforts to streamline development and improve maintainability, and foster cross-team collaboration

• You thrive in both guiding people and driving strategies into application infrastructure and architecture

• You coach engineering managers and senior technical leaders, growing the next generation of Android leadership.

• You have 10+ years of relevant engineering experience and 5+ years in technical leadership roles

• You consistently form and grow high-performing, motivated engineering teams

• You set and uphold high standards for code quality, testing, and product reliability

• You are well versed in modern Android development tools and best practices

• You have successfully led global distributed teams while recognizing and nurturing talent

• You contribute to company-wide engineering initiatives and set technical direction that influences the broader engineering organization

Core Areas of Responsibility

• Drive alignment between Android engineering strategies and broader business objectives

• Define and execute Android development roadmaps that support scalable product growth

• Establish and evolve testing practices, automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines

• Champion Android security principles and integrate best practices across the stack

• Architect and deliver scalable, resilient systems that meet performance and reliability goals

• Leverage data and metrics to guide application development and technical decision-making

Technology Skills

• Languages: Kotlin, Java

• Frameworks & Libraries: Jetpack libraries and other modern Android frameworks

• Performance: Deep understanding of performance metrics and tools to monitor and improve app performance

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!

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