Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Enablement

Posted: 2026-10-01

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!

We're looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with teams across Crunchyroll and build AI solutions that materially change how work gets done.

You'll go where the work is. You'll sit with teams, understand how their workflows actually operate, identify where AI or automation can create meaningful value, and rapidly build solutions alongside the people who will use them. This role combines strong business judgment and consultative problem-solving with hands-on engineering. You'll take problems from ambiguity through prototype, production, and adoption.

You'll be part of AI Enablement in the Executive Office, working across Crunchyroll to turn high-value business problems into practical AI-powered solutions, including agents, workflow automation, and other applied AI systems. You'll connect models to the systems, tools, and data teams already use, and build the context, evaluations, guardrails, and human checkpoints required for them to work reliably in the real world.

The goal is not to build AI for its own sake. You'll focus on problems where AI can materially improve speed, quality, cost, or the employee experience, and you'll measure whether what you build actually delivers that impact.

You'll work closely with Engineering, Enterprise Technology, Data & Insights, IT, Security, and other partners to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable. Every engagement should also leave behind reusable components, patterns, and lessons that make the next solution faster to build.

The Executive Office enables enterprise alignment, executive execution, and strategic acceleration, working to keep Crunchyroll's highest-priority work moving with clarity and speed.

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.