Principal Solutions Architect, Enterprise Technology

About the Role

Crunchyroll is hiring a Principal Solutions Architect, Enterprise Technology to serve as the principal technical steward for our financial systems platform. In this senior individual contributor role, you will define the long‑term solution architecture vision and own the engineering approach for data flows and platform capabilities that enable accurate, auditable financial reporting and resilient operations. You will create and govern the platform roadmap, architecture principles, and best practices that unify how financial information moves across the business. You will influence product and finance decisions, define enterprise‑wide standards and SLAs, lead vendor technical evaluation and PoCs, and represent the FinTech platform with senior Finance and Technology leaders. You will report to the VP, Enterprise Technology. This role is based in Dallas (in‑office Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays).

What You’ll Do

• Define and own solution architecture and data flows for finance systems, including schema/contract rules (transaction grain, idempotency, partitioning).
• Build a validation system that enforces accounting rules, detects errors, records audit trails, and flags/escalates issues so financials stay accurate and audit ready.
• Architect event and batch processing and JE generation to ensure financial correctness; enforce ordered processing and idempotency; ensure reliable GL/ERP posting.
• Set non‑functional targets and operational requirements: throughput, latency, resiliency, multi‑region reliability and scalability.
• Embed security and compliance into designs.
• Lead vendor technical evaluations and PoCs, contribute to build vs buy decisions, and choose platforms based on TCO, compliance and operational risk.
• Partner with Finance, Product, Systems Transformation, Legal, Data and SRE to translate accounting and business requirements into technical specs; prioritize FinTech roadmap; set SLAs, reconciliation rules and success metrics; validate designs and integrations.

A Plus If You Have

• Strong NetSuite / Oracle / SAP GL posting and reconciliation experience.
• Experience integrating with RevRec/subledger products (Zuora Revenue, Oracle Revenue Management, SAP Revenue Accounting).
• Background in SRE/observability for financial systems.
• Experience delivering SOX‑ready systems and audit evidence.

About You

• 15+ years building financial, accounting, or event‑driven systems; 6+ years as an architect or technical lead.
• Experience owning solution architecture end‑to‑end and defining governance and standards.
• Practical knowledge of revenue recognition (ASC 606 / IFRS 15) and how to implement it in software.
• Experience embedding controls, immutable audit trails and SOX evidence in software.
• Experience in ledger/subledger modeling, JE generation and ERP/GL integration.
• Experience in observability and SRE practices for business‑critical systems.
• Experience working cross‑functionally with teams like Finance, Product and Engineering.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including salary and performance bonus earning potential paid annually.
• Flexible time off policies.
• Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD and life insurance.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) program.
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Employer‑paid commuter benefit.
• Support program for new parents.
• Pet insurance; some offices are pet friendly.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are an equal‑opportunity employer. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.