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Spellbrush

Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

If the thought of running a batch job across ten-thousand GPUs to ingest petabytes worth of anime ... You're comfortable pulling data from whatever source it may be in, whether that involves writing a ...

Crunchyroll, LLC

Data Engineer III

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$123K - $148K/yr

We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and ... Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented API and code while adhering to industry best ...

Crunchyroll, LLC

Principal AI Engineer

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and ... You write production-grade Python and/or TypeScript and have built developer-facing tooling (CLIs ...

Crunchyroll, LLC

Senior AI Engineer

Dallas, TX · On-site

$103K - $142K/yr

We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and ... Direct AI coding agents by writing clear specs, acceptance criteria, implementation plans, and ...

Crunchyroll, LLC

Staff AI Engineer

Dallas, TX · On-site

We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and ... Direct AI coding agents by writing clear specs, acceptance criteria, implementation plans, and ...

Crossing Inc

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Brand & Community Operations Coordinator (HiROQUEST)

Irvine, CA · On-site

$20 - $23/hr

At Crossing, we blend collectibles, storytelling, anime culture, and community engagement to create ... Comfortable writing social copy, product descriptions, and community communications * Ability to ...

Sony Electronics

Licensing Coordinator

Santa Monica, CA · Hybrid

A passion for Japanese Anime, games and related culture is highly preferred. This position will be ... JAPANESE - ENGLISH Bilingual required - must have professional level skills of reading, writing and ...

Sony Corporation

Licensing Coordinator

Santa Monica, CA · On-site

A passion for Japanese Anime, games and related culture is highly preferred. This position will be ... JAPANESE - ENGLISH Bilingual required - must have professional level skills of reading, writing and ...

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How much do anime writing jobs pay per hour?

As of Jul 18, 2026, the average hourly pay for anime writing in the United States is $30.96, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $19.47 and $37.26 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in the Anime Writing position, and why are they important?

To thrive in Anime Writing, you need a solid grasp of storytelling, character development, and scriptwriting, often supported by experience in creative writing or screenwriting for animation. Familiarity with industry-standard tools like Final Draft or Celtx, and sometimes knowledge of Japanese language or culture, can be valuable assets. Strong collaboration, adaptability, and communication skills help writers work effectively with directors, artists, and production teams. These skills ensure compelling narratives that translate well into animated formats and resonate with audiences.

What is an Anime Writing job?

An Anime Writing job involves creating scripts, storylines, or dialogue for anime series, films, or adaptations. Writers may develop original narratives or adapt existing material, ensuring engaging characters, compelling plots, and adherence to the anime’s themes and tone. This role often requires strong storytelling skills, knowledge of anime tropes, and collaboration with directors, animators, and producers to bring stories to life.

What are some common challenges anime writers face when developing scripts for animated series?

Anime writers often need to balance original storytelling with the expectations of existing source material, such as manga or light novels, which can be both rewarding and challenging. Adapting complex narratives into concise, visually engaging scripts requires close collaboration with directors, storyboard artists, and translators. Writers must also consider pacing, episode structure, and cultural nuance to ensure the story resonates with both domestic and international audiences. Deadlines can be tight, so strong organizational skills and the ability to incorporate feedback quickly are essential for success in this collaborative, fast-paced environment.

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Software Engineer

Software Engineer

Spellbrush

San Francisco, CA • On-site

Full-time

Posted 26 days ago

Job description

Generalist Software Engineer
About Us
Here at Spellbrush, we're passionate about making a good anime game.
We also happen to be the world's leading generative AI studio - we're the team behind niji・journey.
We are currently investigating how AI can be used to help human artists perform masterpieces in the most complex medium of our times: videogames.
Our games are characterized by a no-compromise approach to well-balanced gameplay married to a truthful love of visual arts.
If you love turn-based tactics games, please consider applying!
About The Role
As Spellbrush continues to grow rapidly, we're seeking talented generalist engineers to join our team and help us build advanced data pipelines, foundational datasets, as well as the tools and infrastructure that support them. If the thought of running a batch job across ten-thousand GPUs to ingest petabytes worth of anime image and videos excites you, this is the job for you!
What You'll Achieve
You'll define the processes and infrastructure to transform and make data readily available across the company, whether it be embeddings, video, bounding boxes, or more.
You'll partner with our world class AI researchers to understand their needs, and then design, build and monitor pipelines that meet today's requirements but can gracefully scale with our growing data size.
Skills You'll Need To Bring
You are a self-starter and can work directly with the research team to gather and synthesize high-impact needs from teammates, designing and implementing the appropriate technical solutions, and effectively communicating about deliverables, timelines and tradeoffs.
You've spent 3+ years as software engineer, with a wide generalist skillset.
You've worked with distributed systems, and previously administered a big data toolset (Ray, Spark, Airflow, etc.).
You have hands-on experience shipping scalable data solutions in the cloud (e.g AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.), across multiple data stores (e.g Snowflake, Redshift, Hive, SQL/NoSQL, etc.).
You're comfortable pulling data from whatever source it may be in, whether that involves writing a complex SQL query to pull a billion rows out of a Bigquery Database, or coordinating the transfer of 10+ PB of data across two S3 regions.
You are highly comfortable with scripting, whether in Typescript, Python, or even Bash when the need arises.
Most importantly, you know when to pull in the complex overengineered tools, and when to instead rely on duct tape.
You may be a good fit if:
You have hands-on experience in designing and building highly scalable and reliable data pipelines
Building data pipelines for AI presents itself with unique challenges. If you've previously built large scale big data pipelines, you'd be a good fit.
You're interested in learning and interfacing with AI researchers
You'll interface with some of the best AI researchers in the world, meaning that you'll get to learn from the best. Your code will frequently need to ingest values and embeddings from our state-of-the-art models, and we'll help you get up to speed here.
You love anime and the anime aesthetic
As a member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of what's possible in the anime and video game industry. Ideally you're a fan of the genre.
You're comfortable working on small, fast-paced teams
Our engineering team is small but mighty. You'll be working directly with some of the best AI researchers and engineers in the world to integrate their state-of-the-art models into your beautiful interfaces.
We also believe in the unmatched speed of in-person teams, and prefer on-site collaboration in either our primary research office in Tokyo (downtown Akihabara) or San Francisco. Visa sponsorships are available.

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