Senior AI Platform & Tools Engineer
Crunchyroll, LLC · Los Angeles, CA
$183,400–$229,200
Jul 7, 2026
Los Angeles, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on building and operating the internal AI platform that the broader organization depends on. Day-to-day work covers automating AI evaluation and governance pipelines, administering approved enterprise AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Glean, Claude, and Gemini), and developing reusable components — RAG patterns, agent scaffolding, prompt libraries — that other engineering teams build on. Suits a generalist engineer comfortable owning features end-to-end on a small, early-stage team.
Senior level · 6+ years · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $183,400–$229,200
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 260 people in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 110–390
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $164,459 (middle half $130,334–$195,752). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (7)
The role blends platform/tooling engineering with enterprise SaaS administration (ChatGPT Enterprise, Glean, Claude, Gemini) and AI governance automation — a genuine hybrid. 15-1252 Software Developers was chosen because the primary day-to-day work is building and shipping production tooling (eval platforms, pipelines, golden-path templates, agents); 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up given the AI platform governance and tooling-administration emphasis.
Go and TypeScript are listed as alternatives to each other in the JD ('Go/TypeScript or similar'); one skill entry captures both with TypeScript in alternatives.
The posting is tagged #LI-Hybrid, indicating a hybrid (not fully remote) arrangement based in Los Angeles.
The compensation range ($183,400–$229,200/yr) is explicitly scoped to Los Angeles, CA; actual pay may vary by location.
Enterprise AI tool administration (ChatGPT Enterprise, Glean, Claude, Gemini) appears under 'Strongly Preferred', so it is marked preferred despite the tools being central to the role's operational responsibilities.
AI-specific risk vectors (prompt injection, data poisoning) and AI governance frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, EU AI Act) appear under 'Strongly Preferred' and are framed as familiarity/exposure rather than hard gates; omitted as skills since they name no specific tool or technology.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): prompt orchestration.
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