Runway · 4 hours ago
Staff Backend API Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$240K/yr - $290K/yr
4+ years expRunway is a global AI research and technology company focused on building Universal Simulation systems. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Backend team to help build AI-powered video creation and collaboration tools, working on backend services for interactive video processing and deploying cutting-edge models to production.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine LearningSoftwareVideo Editing
Responsibilities
Work with a world-class engineering team pushing the boundaries of creativity and content creation on the browser
Own the full API lifecycle from design and implementation to monitoring, optimization, and documentation for both public and internal APIs
Implement comprehensive API security, rate limiting, authentication, and monitoring systems to ensure reliability at scale
Improve the performance, reliability, and code quality of our codebases
Qualification
Required
4+ years of industry experience in a backend focused software engineering role
Fluency of one or more programming languages; TypeScript preferred
Experience with PostgreSQL, including query optimization, indexing, and database design
Experience architecting production-ready systems at scale using cloud primitives from AWS, GCP, or Azure
Ability to rapidly prototype solutions and iterate on them with tight product deadlines
Humility and open mindedness; at Runway we love to learn from one another
Company
Runway
Runway is a global AI research and technology company building foundational research models and tools to create multimodal world simulators.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$544.5MKey Investors
General AtlanticSalesforce VenturesFelicis
2025-04-03Series D· $308M
2023-06-29Series C· $141M
2022-12-05Series C· $50M
Leadership Team
Cristobal Valenzuela Barrera
Co-founder & CEO
Anastasis Germanidis
Co-Founder & CTO
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