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Funding and backers

Team
1001-5000
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
82
+45 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
The Chernin Group
Momentum
47/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 8 First role in Japan SVP, Franchise & Title Strategy Oct 7 First role in United Arab Emirates Senior Manager - Regional Partnerships (MENA) Apr 17, 2019 On the Hacker News front page Lupin III Manga author Monkey Punch passes away at 81 · 102 points 2006 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Hacker News stories
8
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How Crunchyroll hires

Truth index
B 76/100
Median time to fill
24 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
94%
Reposted roles
0%

Crunchyroll scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 18 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 94% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 24 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

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Overview

Crunchyroll is an anime streaming and entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles that offers a subscription video service with a large library of licensed anime alongside theatrical releases, games, manga, merchandise, collectibles and fan events. Founded in 2006 and owned by Sony since 2021, it operates as a joint venture of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Aniplex and serves fans in more than 200 countries and territories, with offices in San Francisco, Dallas, Tokyo, London, Mexico City and Hyderabad. It hires software engineers for its apps and media delivery, finance, tax and FP&A staff, marketing, partnerships, rights and communications managers and consumer products roles.

News

News ComicBook.com 2 months ago
Crunchyroll's Darkest Anime Confirms First Release Date for New Movie Return - Watch Trailer
Takopi's Original Sin has set its Japanese release date for the TV anime's new movie debut
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News Collider 2 months ago
Crunchyroll's Physical Media Era Is Officially Coming to a Brutal End
Sony's latest Crunchyroll changes are drawing backlash from anime fans as the company reshapes how customers can shop for physical media online.
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News Engadget 2 months ago
You can soon stream Crunchyroll on your car
The Crunchyroll anime streaming service has started appearing on the Appning app store.
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News Polygon.com 2 months ago
Crunchyroll Store Rolls Out More Controversial Changes, Removing Tons of Physical Products
The Crunchyroll Store no longer lists physical products such as manga, manhwa, and light novels.
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News Kotaku 2 months ago
Crunchyroll Guts Online Store Just As Anime Fans Feared
Many see this as yet another salvo in Sony's apparent war against physical media ownership
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News Kotaku 3 months ago
Crunchyroll Just Made Anime Fans Really Angry Again
Will the death of PlayStation discs extend to Crunchyroll Blu-rays?
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News Forbes 3 months ago
Sony's Crunchyroll Has Put Its Merchandise Store Behind Paywall
Crunchyroll, has announced that subscribers will need to be in its
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News Mashable.com 5 months ago
Anime streaming deal: Get Crunchyroll for just $3 per month for 3 months
Crunchyroll is offering anime fans three months of streaming for either $1.99 or $2.99 per month. Sign up on Crunchyroll or Prime Video.
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News Crunchyroll News 4 years ago
Anime News, Top Stories & In-Depth Anime Insights
Stay on top of anime news and updates straight out of Japan with Crunchyroll News. From breaking stories to evergreen content, get all your anime and manga news updates in one place. You heard it here first!
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Crunchyroll over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
108
Postings analysed
73
Stack modernity
80/100AI adopter
Languages
TypeScript27%
Python27%
JavaScript14%
Java11%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js8%
OpenTelemetry7%
SwiftUI5%
XCTest5%
Databases
DynamoDB5%
MySQL5%
PostgreSQL5%
Neo4j3%
Cloud & platforms
AWS26%
GCP23%
Datadog23%
Kubernetes12%
AI & ML
LLM7%
ChatGPT3%
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Full Crunchyroll tech stack 108 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$199k
Typical range
$17k – $353k
Open positions
36
36 Jobs
Middle 16.7%
Senior 52.8%
Staff 11.1%
Principal 2.8%
Architect 16.7%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 6 $188k $17k – $211k
Senior 19 $191k $112k – $235k
Staff 4 $214k $159k – $292k
Principal 1 $326k $326k
Architect 6 $312k $205k – $353k
Highest paying role VP, Product - Monetization, Identity & Core Services $353k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Crunchyroll By role, level and city, against the market · 36 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
84/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
81
27 opened / 36 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
24 days
faster than 50% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
18% ▼
Marketing
14% ▲
Leadership
9%
Sales
9% ▲
Operations
9% ▼
Management
8% ▲
Actively hiring for Marketing (+14 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Singapore Oct 2026
New location: Hyderabad Oct 2026
New location: Mumbai Oct 2026
New location: Mexico City Oct 2026
New location: Tokyo Oct 2026
Added Rollup to stack Oct 2026
Added Jira to stack Oct 2026
New location: Dallas Oct 2026
New location: London Oct 2026
New location: Los Angeles Oct 2026
Added Fastly to stack Oct 2026
Added Akamai to stack Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
26
Hiring now
9
Countries
19
Busiest office
Los Angeles
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Los Angeles United States
HQ
Los Angeles
38 open roles 53 posted in 90 days 34% engineering 3% remote 1000-5000 est. staff $205k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Leadership, Marketing
seen since Oct 2025 careers board, job postings
Dallas United States
Support & operations
Dallas
19 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 11% engineering 200-500 est. staff $206k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership, Marketing, Product
seen since Feb 2026 careers board, job postings
San Francisco United States
Engineering / R&D
San Francisco
13 open roles 18 posted in 90 days 77% engineering 200-500 est. staff $216k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, DevOps, Leadership
seen since Oct 2025 careers board, job postings
Hyderabad India
Engineering / R&D
Hyderabad
13 open roles 7 posted in 90 days 77% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Backend, AI/ML, Mobile
seen since Apr 2025 careers board, job postings
Mexico City Mexico
Engineering / R&D
Mexico City
10 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 30% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Marketing, Mobile
seen since Oct 2025 careers board, job postings
London United Kingdom
Sales office
London
6 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 17% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Backend, Leadership
seen since May 2026 careers board, job postings
Mumbai India
Sales office
Hyderabad
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Oct 2026 careers board, job postings
Singapore Singapore
Sales office
Singapore
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since Mar 2026 careers board, job postings
Tokyo Japan
Regional office
Tokyo
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Oct 2026 careers board, job postings
Dubai United Arab Emirates
Regional office
Dubai
1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
seen since Oct 2026 careers board
New York United States
Regional office
New York
careers board
Paris France
Regional office
Paris
careers board
São Paulo Brazil
Regional office
Brazil
careers board
Seoul South Korea
Regional office
Korea
careers board
Berlin Germany
Regional office
Berlin
careers board
Munich Germany
Regional office
Munich
careers board
Manila Philippines
Regional office
Philippines
careers board
Madrid Spain
Regional office
Spain
careers board
Bangkok Thailand
Regional office
Thailand
careers board
Lausanne Switzerland
Regional office
Lausanne
careers board
Rome Italy
Regional office
Rome
careers board
Melbourne Australia
Regional office
Melbourne
careers board
Des Moines United States
Regional office
Des Moines
careers board
Montreal Canada
Regional office
Montreal
careers board
Chișinău Moldova
Regional office
Chișinău
careers board
Burbank United States
Regional office
Burbank
careers board

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