Episode Six
Cards & Card Issuing · Financial Software & Embedded Finance
14open roles
$40Mlatest round · Venture round · Apr 2023 · 3 yr ago
Scaling fasthiring pace, 86 of 100
Atruth index, 95 of 100
Overview
Power financial products with Episode Six’s flexible, API-first cards and ledger infrastructure—built for banks, fintechs, and brands to innovate faster.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 14 open roles at Episode Six. Episode Six is headquartered in Austin, United States. It was founded in 2015. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $40M, announced in 2023.
- Open roles
- 14Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Austin, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 2015Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 200+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $40MSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
- Latest round
- Venture - Series Unknown · $40M · Apr 28, 2023SEC Form D filing · sec.gov
- Visa sponsorship, United States
- 1 · H-1B filings in 12 monthsUS Department of Labor · latest filing Dec 18, 2025
- Technologies in its job postings
- 29Named in its job postings
Official records
How Episode Six hires
Truth index
A 95/100
Median time to fill
121 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Episode Six scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 11 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 121 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
Funding and backers
Total raised
$40M
1 round on record
Latest round
$40M
Venture round · Apr 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
14
+7 posted in 30 days
The money's age
Long since its last round
42 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
30/100
hiring for its size, a new city
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
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Apr 2023 | $40M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Episode Six, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
John MitchellExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Futeh KaoExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Wai Ming Chermaine HuExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Laura AdamsExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Ross HamiltonExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Brian Muse-McKenneyExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Jobs
In office · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Austin
Python
Java
Bash
Terraform
Ansible
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
SRE
Platform Engineering
Configuration Management
Linux
Cybersecurity
PCI DSS
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In office · Buenos Aires
Java
SQL
Rest API
CI/CD
Git
AWS
Kubernetes
Linux
Unix
Management
Confluence
Jira
Agile
QA
Postman
Apply
In office · 3+ years exp · Chennai
Java
SQL
Spring Boot
DevOps
Rest API
CI/CD
Git
AWS
Kubernetes
Linux
Unix
Management
Confluence
Agile
Apply
Apply
Apply
$167k – $190k per year · In office · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
Java
Spring Framework
Hibernate
Databases
MySQL
Db2
Cassandra
MS SQL
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≈ $39k – $87k per year (Estimated) · In office · 7+ years exp · Tokyo
Agile
Waterfall
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≈ $45k – $125k per year (Estimated) · In office · Dominican Republic
Java
SQL
MySQL
Cassandra
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
Rest API
CI/CD
Jenkins
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In office · 4+ years exp · Chennai
Java
Spring Framework
Hibernate
Databases
MySQL
Db2
Oracle
Cassandra
MS SQL
DevOps
Rest API
AWS
Management
UML
Apply
Apply
≈ $29k – $76k per year (Estimated) · In office · 5+ years exp · Tokyo
Java
SQL
Rest API
Cybersecurity
PCI DSS
Apply
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$190k
Typical range
$190k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Senior
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 1 | $190k | $190k |
Highest paying role
Senior Software Engineer
$190k
Normalized to USD per year
Visa sponsorship
1
H-1B filings in 12 months
$173k
Median offered salary
2
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Financial and investment analysts
1
In the register as Episode Six North America Corporation, Austin, TX
Other sponsors in the same field
Fiserv 
Marqeta 
Brex
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Dec 18, 2025 · Visa details by country
A-rated
Sponsor licence
Skilled Worker
Visa route
0
Open roles in United Kingdom
In the register as Episode Six Limited, London
Other sponsors in the same field
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UK Home Office · checked Nov 13, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
86/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
14
8 opened / 6 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
122 days
faster than 9% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 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.
Management
30% ▼
Leadership
20% ▲
Solutions
20% ▲
Backend
10% ▲
Security
10% ▼
Early Careers
10% ▲
Activity Timeline
New location: Austin
Nov 2026
Added Terraform to stack
Nov 2026
Added SRE to stack
Nov 2026
Added Python to stack
Nov 2026
Added Platform Engineering to stack
Nov 2026
Added Configuration Management to stack
Nov 2026
Added Bash to stack
Nov 2026
Added Ansible to stack
Nov 2026
Added Spring Boot to stack
Nov 2026
Added Postman to stack
Nov 2026
Added Kubernetes to stack
Nov 2026
Added Jira to stack
Nov 2026
Financials
Total raised
$40M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2023 | $40M | Details |
People
John Mitchell
Executive Officer, Director
Futeh Kao
Executive Officer, Director
Wai Ming Chermaine Hu
Executive Officer, Director
Laura Adams
Executive Officer
Ross Hamilton
Executive Officer
Brian Muse-McKenney
Executive Officer
Paul Light
Director
Takumi Yoshikawa
Director
Brian McKenney
Director
Moran Levinovitz
Director
Stephen Harris
Director
Names and roles come from public filings, company registers and the company's own site. Is this you? Correct or remove · How we handle this data
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Episode Six over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
29
Postings analysed
16
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
Java81%
SQL38%
Bash6%
Python6%
Frameworks & libraries
Hibernate19%
Spring Framework19%
JUnit6%
Spring Boot6%
Databases
Cassandra25%
MySQL25%
Db219%
MS SQL19%
Cloud & platforms
AWS44%
Linux25%
Unix19%
Kubernetes19%
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29 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
News
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US-based Episode Six is banking on Hong Kong demand for virtual payments, SME lending
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
9
Hiring now
5
Countries
9
Busiest office
Austin
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Austin
United States
HQ
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Leadership, Management
Tokyo
Japan
Sales office
Japan
5 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Support, Marketing, Management
Chennai
India
India
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend, Solutions
Toronto
Canada
Engineering / R&D
Dominican Republic
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for QA, Management
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Argentina
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Solutions
Singapore
Singapore
Regional office
Singapore
10-50 est. staff
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Regional office
Hong Kong
10-50 est. staff
London
United Kingdom
Regional office
EMEA
Hanoi
Vietnam
Regional office
Vietnam
Earlier presence
Sydney, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
How to cite this page
Alion, "Episode Six: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/episodesix
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