theLetter

Publishing · Blogging & Newsletter Platforms

Overview

theLetter is a Japanese subscription writing platform for professionals and experts, letting individuals and small teams own newsletter-style media with paying readers. It gained more than 170,000 readers within a year of launch, some writers earn over 10 million yen a year on it, and it hires frontend, server-side and part-time software engineers. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Funding and backers

Hiring now
1
open roles
Backers
1
Open Network Lab
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
3 yr ago
a posting or a news item
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.03%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Open Network Lab accelerator
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Jobs

$38k – $44k per year · In office · Full-Time · Tokyo
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
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.
Frontend
100% ▼

Tech stack

The technologies known for theLetter, by layer.
Languages
JavaScript
PHP
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
Laravel
React.js
Tailwind CSS
Next.js
Databases
Google BigQuery
ElasticSearch
MySQL
Redis
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Figma
GCP
GitHub
Metabase
Developer tools
Docker
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Shared investors1
Open Network LabVia a fund
105 portfolio companies: Digital Garage, Giftee, Sassor and 102 more
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Tokyo
Tokyo Japan
HQ
3 open roles 100% engineering $51k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Frontend
seen since Dec 2022 job postings